Simon Thassi

Simon Thassi
High Priest of Jerusalem
An imaginary depiction of Simon Thassi from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
Leader of the Maccabees
Reign142–135 BC
PredecessorJonathan Apphus
SuccessorJohn Hyrcanus
Prince of Judaea
Reign140-135 BC
SuccessorJohn Hyrcanus
High Priest of Judaea
Reign142-135 BC
PredecessorJonathan Apphus
SuccessorJohn Hyrcanus
Born184 BC
Judea
Died135 BC
Dok
SpouseJohn 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
IssueJohn Hyrcanus
Mattathias II
Judas II
DynastyHasmonean
FatherMattathias
MotherSimona bat Judas
ReligionHellenistic 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.

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