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Aristobulus

For other people with this name, see Aristobulus (disambiguation)
Aristobulus (disambiguation)

Aristobulus or Aristobulos may refer to*Aristobulus I, king of the Hebrew Hasmonean Dynasty from 104-103 BCE*Aristobulus II, king of Judea from the Hasmonean Dynasty ...

Aristobulus I (reigned 104-103 BC) was a king of the Hebrew

Hebrews

Hebrews are an ancient people defined as descendants of biblical Patriarch Abraham , a descendent of Noah.In the Bible, the patriarch Abraham is referred to a single time as the ivri, which is the singular form of the Hebrew-language word for Hebrew ....
Hasmonean Dynasty

Hasmonean

The Hasmoneans were the ruling dynasty of the Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel , an independent Jewish state. The Hasmonean dynasty was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after his brother Judas Maccabeus defeated the Seleucid army during the Maccabean Revolt in 165 BCE....
, and the eldest of the five sons of King John Hyrcanus

John Hyrcanus

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Aristobulus I (reigned 104-103 BC) was a king of the Hebrew

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John Hyrcanus

John Hyrcanus was a Hasmonean leader of the 2nd century BC. Apparently the name "Hyrcanus" was taken by him as a regnal name upon his accession to power....
. He was the first of the Hasmonean rulers to call himself "king." According to the Hebrew Scriptures, only descendants of Judah, or, more specifically, the House of David, were qualified to be kings of Israel. All of Aristobulus' predecessors used the title of "nasi"/"president".

According to the directions of John Hyrcanus, the government of the country after his death was to be placed in the hands of his wife, and Aristobulus was originally to receive only the high-priesthood. He was not however satisfied with this, so he cast his mother into prison and allowed her to starve there. By this means he came into the possession of the throne, which, however, he did not long enjoy, as after a year's reign he died of a painful illness (103 BC). He was hostile to the Pharisees and pursued them with ruthlessness.

Aristobulus' successor was his eldest brother, Alexander Jannæus, who, together with his two brothers, was freed from prison by Queen Shelomit [Salome] Alexandra

Salome Alexandra

Salome Alexandra or Alexandra of Jerusalem , was the only Jewish Queen regnant, with the exception of her own husband's mother whom he had prevented from ruling as his dying father had wished, and of the much earlier usurper Athaliah....
, the widow of Aristobulus.

Aristobulus

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