| I Maccabees 16:16
| And when Simon and his sons had drunk plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons, and entered into the banqueting-place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.
| Plentifully. Literally, "were inebriated." But this expression often denotes no more than taking a moderate sufficiency, (Haydock) or making good cheer, (Genesis 43:34., and John 2:10.; Lyranus; Tirinus; Calmet) without any excess, Psalm 64:10. (St. Augustine, q. 144., Genesis) --- The first and last years of Simon were disturbed; the rest were spent in peace. He began [in] the year [of the kingdom of the Greeks] 170., 1 Machabees 13:41. (Worthington) --- Nothing can be added to the praise bestowed upon this great man, 1 Machabees 14:4., etc. Josephus (Calmet) and the author of 4 Machabees 1. (or xx.; Arabic; Haydock) give a fabulous account of the siege of Doch. (Antiquities 13:14., and Jewish Wars 1:2.) See Salien, the year [of the world] 3919., and Usher, [the year of the world] 3869.
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