Jonathan (jan 1, 152 BC – jan 1, 142 BC)

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brother of Judah

Jonathan's exploitation of the Seleucid succession wars led to the eventual recognition of Hasmonean kingship over Judaea tht comes under Simon.

As Erich Gruen argues: “the Maccabees conducted a campaign to undo the fearful damage inflicted by the king, not a revolution
to dismantle the Seleucid empire... Hasmonaean advance came less through success on the battlefield than through diplomacy and arrangements with princes and pretenders to the Syrian throne. Judah’s successors, Jonathan and Simon exploited the differences among Seleucid rivals to their own advantage, but owed their titles and honors to the acknowledgment and bestowal by royal authority.” (“When is a Revolt not a Revolt?”)

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