Hyrcanus biography
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Hyrcanus II
High Priest and king of Judea
John Hyrcanus II (, Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוסYohanan Hurqanos; died 30 BCE), a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was for a long time the Jewish High Priest in the 1st century BCE.
He was also briefly King of Judea 67&#;66 BCE and then the ethnarch (ruler) of Judea, probably over the period 47&#;40 BCE.[1]
Accession
Hyrcanus was the eldest son of Alexander Jannaeus, King and High Priest, and Alexandra Salome.
After the death of Alexander in 76 BCE, his widow succeeded to the rule of Judea and installed her elder son Hyrcanus as High Priest. Alexander had numerous conflicts with the Pharisees.[2] However, Hyrcanus was supported by the Pharisees, especially later in his tenure.[3]
When Salome died in 67 BCE, she named Hyrcanus as her successor as ruler of Judea as well,[4] but soon he and his younger brother, Aristobulus II, began fighting over who had the right to the throne.
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