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John Hyrcanus II: Quick Facts

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Facts

Died 30 BCE • Jerusalem • Israel
Title / Office king (76BC-40BC), Judaea
House / Dynasty Hasmonean dynasty
Notable Family Members brother Aristobulus II
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John Hyrcanus I
king of Judaea
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Aristobulus II
king of Judaea
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Aristobulus I
king of Judaea
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
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Judas Maccabeus
Jewish leader
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Jonathan Maccabeus
Jewish general
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Mattathias
Jewish priest
Engraved bust of Emperor Herod the Great with a thick beard and a braided headpiece, framed by a circular border inscribed with his name.
Herod
king of Judaea
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa I
king of Judaea
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Herod Agrippa II
king of Chalcis
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Philip
king of Judaea
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Herod Archelaus
king of Judaea
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Manasseh
king of Judah
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Zerubbabel
governor of Judaea
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Josephus before Vespasian
Flavius Josephus
Jewish priest, scholar, and historian
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Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
St. John the Baptist
Jewish prophet and Christian saint
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Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
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Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher

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