The Maccabees/Hasmoneans:
The Hasmonean Dynasty

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				1. Mattathias ben Johanan [ ? - 165 BCE]
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Johanan Gaddi		4. Simon Thassi [ruled 142-134 BCE]		2. Judah Maccabee [ ? - 160 BCE]		Eleazar Avaron		3. Jonathan Apphus [ruled 160-142 BCE]
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Mattathias [ ?-134 BCE]		Judah [ ?- 134 BCE]		5. Johanan Hyrcanus [ruled 134-104 BCE]
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		6. Aristobulus I (Judah) [ruled 104-103 BCE]		Antigonus (Matthew) [ ? - 104 BCE]		7. Alexander Jannai (Jonathan) [ruled 103-76 BCE]	=	8. Salome Alexandra [ruled 76-67 BCE]
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				10. Hyrcanus II (Jonathan) [ruled 63-40 (d. 30) BCE]		9. Aristobulus II (Judah) [ruled 67-63 (d. 49) BCE]
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				Alexandra [ ? - 28 BCE]	=	Alexander [ ? - 49 BCE]		11. Antigonus (Matthew) [ruled 40-37 BCE]
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				Aristobulus III [ ? - 35 BCE]		Mariamne [ ? - 29 BCE]	=	12. Herod (the Great ) [ruled 38-4 BCE]
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						Aristobulus IV [ ca 31 - 7 BCE]		Alexander [ ca 30 - 7 BCE]

Key
	Leading Judean priest		Spouse of high priest
	Lesser descendents		Spouse of priest's daughter
=	double line > married	\|	single line > descendents
1.	Numeral preceding name = order of succession
Judah	Click on highlighted name for biographical sketch

Sources: Into His Own