Simon Thassi
Second son of Mattathias, the first prince (r. 141-135 BCE) of the Hasmonean dynasty of the Kingdom of Judea · Religious Figures · Lived 200 BC to 135 BC · aged 65
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Something wrong?The Hasmonean brother who finished what the revolt started: expelled the last Seleucid garrison from Jerusalem, locked in Jewish independence, and turned guerrilla resistance into a functioning state - then died at his son-in-law's hand.
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, He exhorted them in these words: “You yourselves are fully aware of what I and my brothers and the house of my father have done for the laws and the sanctuary.
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Second son of Mattathias, Simon took command in 143 BCE after his brother Jonathan was captured by the Seleucid general Tryphon. He fortified Jerusalem, seized Gezer and Jaffa for Jewish settlement, and in 142/141 BCE captured the Acra fortress - ending the Hellenistic presence in the city. A public assembly formalized his rule as high priest, military commander, and national leader with hereditary succession "until a new prophet should arise." He cultivated ties with Rome and Sparta, won tax exemption and coinage rights, and laid the ground for a Hasmonean state. In 134 BCE his son-in-law Ptolemy ben Abubus assassinated him at the fortress of Dok near Jericho. His son John Hyrcanus escaped, succeeded him, and pushed Judea's borders outward.
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