1 Maccabees 2:69 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he blessed them, and was gathered to his fathers.

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Common English Bible

Then he blessed them and joined his ancestors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he blessed them, and he was added to his fathers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he blessed them, and was joined to his fathers.

Good News Translation (US Version)

Then Mattathias gave them his blessing and died.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

He blessed them, and was gathered to his ancestors.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Mattathias blessed his sons, and then he died. His family buried him in their tomb near the town of Modein. This happened in the year 146 of the Syrian Kingdom, and everyone in Israel mourned for a long time.

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