# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/onias-ii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:40.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/onias-ii"
name: "Onias II"
slug: "onias-ii"
description: "Onias II was the son of Simon I. He was still a minor when his father died, so his uncle Eleazar, and whom after, the latter's uncle Manasseh, officiated as high priests before Onais himself succeeded to that dignity. According to Josephus, he was a covetous man and of limited intelligence, whose refusal to pay the twenty talents of silver which every high priest was required to pay to Ptolemy III Euergetes, the King of Egypt threatened to imperil both the high priest and the people. The impending disaster was averted by Onias’ nephew Joseph, son of Tobias, who, having friendly relations with the Egypt court, managed to conciliate Ptolemy. Onias is said to have died, almost simultaneously with his nephew Joseph, during the reign of Seleucus IV Philopator, hence about 181 BC. His son, Simon II assumed the high priestly office after the demise of his father."
tagline: "High Priest of Israel"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Onias_II_Onyas_filius_symonis_(titel_op_object)_Liber_Chronicarum_(serietitel)%2C_RP-P-2016-49-24-3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           40.73
  momentum:             3.157894736842105
  historical:           5.674766666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99"
    title: "חוניו השני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onias_II"
    title: "Onias II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%C3%ADas_II"
    title: "Onías II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_II"
    title: "Ония II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onias_II"
    title: "Onias II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onias_II"
    title: "Onias II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2512375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump