In 125 BCE the Hasmonean King John Hyrcanus subjugated Edom and forcibly converted the population to Judaism.

Their temple was built at Mount Gerizim in the middle of fifth century BC and was destroyed by the Macabbean ( Hasmonean ) John Hyrcanus late in 110 BC, although their descendants still worship among its ruins.

Sidetes managed to bring the Maccabees to heel ; frighten the Anatolian dynasts into a temporary submission ; and then, in 133, turned east with the full might of the Royal Army ( supported by a body of Jews under the Maccabee prince, John Hyrcanus ) to drive back the Parthians.

King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II becomes king under Roman suzerainty.

* Aristobulus I succeeds John Hyrcanus, becoming king and high priest of Judea, until 103 BC.

* John Hyrcanus, prince ( ruler ) and high priest of Judea.

King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II is reappointed king ( ethnarch ) under Roman suzerainty and high priest, until 40 BC.

* Massacre of over 12, 000 Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by Roman troops, in support of John Hyrcanus II against Aristobulus II.

After defeating the Seleucid forces, Judas Maccabaeus's nephew John Hyrcanus established a new monarchy in the form of the priestly Hasmonean dynasty in 152 BCE — thus establishing priests as political as well as religious authorities.

According to Josephus the Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus opened King David's sepulchre and removed three thousand talents, which he then paid Antiochus to spare the city.

Marching east, with what would prove to be the last great Seleucid Royal Army ( including a force of Judean mercenaries under John Hyrcanus ), he defeated Mithridates in two battles, killing the aged Parthian king in the last of these.

Simon was murdered in 134 BCE by his son-in-law Ptolemy, and was succeeded as high priest and king by his son John Hyrcanus I. Antiochus conquered the entire district of Judea, but refrained from attacking the Temple or interfering with Jewish observances.

* John Hyrcanus

The books are written from the point of view that the salvation of the Jewish people in a crisis which came from God through the family of Mattathias, particularly his sons Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan Apphus, and Simon Thassi, and his grandson John Hyrcanus.

at: 110 text: John Hyrcanus gains full independence ~ and begins conquests, 110 BCE.

In c. 135 BCE, John Hyrcanus, Simon's third son, assumed the leadership and ruled as high priest ( Kohen Gadol ) and took a Greek " regnal name " ( see Hyrcania ) in an acceptance of the Hellenistic culture of his Seleucid suzerains.

According to Josephus, John Hyrcanus opened King David's sepulchre and removed three thousand talents which he paid as tribute to spare the city.

In 110 BCE John Hyrcanus carried out the first military conquests of the newly independent Hasmonean kingdom, raising a mercenary army to capture Madaba and Schechem, significantly increasing his regional influence

The Hellenistic period settlement was constructed during the reign of John Hyrcanus, 134-104 BCE or somewhat later, and was occupied most of the time until it was destroyed by the Romans in 68 CE or shortly after.

De Vaux divided this use into three periods: Period I, the Hasmonean era, which he further divided in two, Period Ia, the time of John Hyrcanus, and Period Ib, the latter Hasmoneans, ending with an earthquake and fire in 31 BCE ( this was followed by a hiatus in de Vaux's interpretation of the site ); Period II, the Herodian era, starting in 4 BCE on up to the destruction of the site apparently at the hands of the Romans during the Jewish War ; and Period III, a reoccupation in the ruins.

Using de Vaux's Period 1a findings, his own excavations at Ain el-Ghuweir 15 km south of Qumran, and Mazar's level 2 at ' En-Gedi, Bar-Adon argued, " these fortresses to John Hyrcanus, who needed a strong, comprehensive defence system commanding vital water sources, agricultural fields, flocks, Jordan River crossings, the plains of Jericho and the caravan routes in the Judean desert.

The second vision portrays seven angels bringing Levi seven insignia signifying priesthood, prophecy, and judgement ; in the vision, after the angels anoint Levi, and initiate him as a priest, they tell him of the future of his descendants, mentioning Moses, the Aaronid priesthood, and a time when there would be priest-kings ; this latter point was of particular interest to the Maccabean period of John Hyrcanus, who was both a high priest, and warrior-king, though according to textual scholars this is to be expected, since the Testament of Levi was written during Maccabean rule, between 153BC and 107BC, and closer to the latter date.

before John Hyrcanus, and their temple was destroyed (" Antiq.

* 134 BCE: Sadducee John Hyrcanus becomes leader after his father Simon Thassi is murdered.

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