Hyrcanus

They heard the names of other rivers — Rha, Udon, Borysthenes, Hypanis — and tales about the vast sea to the east called Hyrcanus or Caspium.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

And when the elder sons excused themselves from going, and said they were not courtiers good enough for such conversation, and advised him to send their brother Hyrcanus, he gladly hearkened to that advice, and called Hyrcanus, and asked him whether he would go to the king, and whether it was agreeable to him to go or not.

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

[2] Why this John, the son of Simon, the high priest and governor of the Jews, was called Hyrcanus, Josephus no where informs us; nor is he called other than John at the end of the First Book of the Maccabees.

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

However, Sixtus Seuensis, when he gives us an epitome of the Greek version of the book here abridged by Josephus, or of the Chronicles of this John Hyrcanus, then extant, assures us that he was called Hyrcanus from his conquest of one of that name.

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

Prideaux's note upon this their first public appearance, which I suppose to be true: "Hyrcanus," says be, "went over to the party of the

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

The Hasmonean dynasty it created would lead just a few generations later to civil war between brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus and their catastrophic appeal for intervention to Roman General Pompey the Great, which would eventually lead to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Absence of Gratitude is the Source of Clerical Burnout Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

The Hasmonean dynasty it created would lead just a few generations later to civil war between brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus and their catastrophic appeal for intervention to Roman General Pompey the Great, which would eventually lead to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Absence of Gratitude is the Source of Clerical Burnout Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

The Hasmonean dynasty it created would lead just a few generations later to civil war between brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus and their catastrophic appeal for intervention to Roman General Pompey the Great, which would eventually lead to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Absence of Gratitude is the Source of Clerical Burnout Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

A certain Hasmonean, Hyrcanus, had previously opened the tomb and retrieved money in a time of need.

2008 Lenten Read-a-Thon Day 24 2008

A certain Hasmonean, Hyrcanus, had previously opened the tomb and retrieved money in a time of need.

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