Simon Thassi | |
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High Priest of Jerusalem | |
![]() An imaginary depiction of Simon Thassi from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553) | |
Leader of the Maccabees | |
Reign | 142–135 BC |
Predecessor | Jonathan Apphus |
Successor | John Hyrcanus |
Prince of Judaea | |
Reign | 140-135 BC |
Successor | John Hyrcanus |
High Priest of Judaea | |
Reign | 142-135 BC |
Predecessor | Jonathan Apphus |
Successor | John Hyrcanus |
Born | 184 BC Judea |
Died | 135 BC Dok |
Spouse | John Hyrcanus I Ben Simon II John Hyrcanus ben Simon III Thassi Mattathias ben Simon III Thassi Judas ben Simon III Thassi Naamah bat Simon III Thassi |
Issue | John Hyrcanus Mattathias II Judas II |
Dynasty | Hasmonean |
Father | Mattathias |
Mother | Simona bat Judas |
Religion | Hellenistic Judaism |
Simon Thassi (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן הַתַּסִּי Šīməʿōn haTassī; died 135 BC)[1] was the second son of Mattathias and the first prince of the Hasmonean dynasty. He reigned from 142 to 135 BC.