John Hyrcanus I

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John Hyrcanus I was a Hasmonean high priest and ruler of Judea in the late 2nd century BCE, known for expanding Jewish territory and consolidating political and religious authority.

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John Hyrcanus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Judean ruler
Hasmonean ruler
High Priest of Judea
Jewish leader
allyOf Antiochus VII Sidetes
burialPlace Tomb of Zechariah
surface form: Tomb of the Hasmoneans
capital Jerusalem
conflict Campaigns against Idumeans
Campaigns against Samaritans
Wars against the Seleucid Empire
countryRuled Judea
describedIn 1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Antiquities of the Jews
surface form: Works of Flavius Josephus
dynastyFoundedByAncestor Hasmonean dynasty NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jews
familyName Hyrcanus NERFINISHED
father Simon Thassi
givenName John
knownFor Conquests in Idumea
Conquests in Samaria
Conquests in Transjordan
Consolidation of political authority
Consolidation of religious authority
Destruction of Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim
Expansion of Judean territory
Forced conversion of Idumeans
language Aramaic
Hebrew
memberOf Hasmonean dynasty
mother Daughter of Mattathias ben John
notableEvent Siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus VII Sidetes
opponentOf Idumeans prior to their conversion
Samaritans of Shechem
positionHeld Herod Archelaus
surface form: Ethnarch of Judea

High Priest of the returned exiles
surface form: High Priest of Jerusalem
regionRuled Galilee
Idumea
Perea
Samaria
relative Jonathan Apphus
Maccabees
surface form: Judas Maccabeus

Mattathias
surface form: Mattathias the Hasmonean
religion Judaism
succeeded Simon Thassi
successor Aristobulus I NERFINISHED
timePeriod 2nd century BCE
Hellenistic period
title High Priest
Prince of the Jewish nation

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Idumea conqueredBy John Hyrcanus I
Idumea conversionPolicyImposedBy John Hyrcanus I
Aristobulus I father John Hyrcanus I
Hasmonean dynasty hasRuler John Hyrcanus I
Maccabees ledBy John Hyrcanus I
this entity surface form: John Hyrcanus
Aristobulus I predecessor John Hyrcanus I