Simon (brother of Jonathan)

Also known as: Simon · Family: Jewish · Role: high priest · First appears: Book I, Chapter 2

Life events

Simon became high priest and freed the Jews from Macedonian dominion.(Book I, Chapter 2)
- “he was made high priest, and also freed the Jews from the dominion of the Macedonians, after one hundred and seventy years of the empire [of Seleucus].”
Ptolemy assassinated Simon at a feast.(Book I, Chapter 2)
- With: Ptolemy Lathyrus
- “This Simon also had a plot laid against him, and was slain at a feast by his son-in-law Ptolemy”

siblings with Jonathan (brother of Judas) “but when he was afterward driven away by Simon, who was Jonathan's brother, and was enraged at his defeat, he put Jonathan to death.”
enemies with Trypho “but when he was afterward driven away by Simon, who was Jonathan's brother, and was enraged at his defeat, he put Jonathan to death.”
enemies with Antiochus “And now Antiochus was so angry at what he had suffered from Simon, that he made an expedition into Judea, and sat down before Jerusalem and besieged Hyrcanus;”
child: John Hyrcanus “But when the young man was informed of their coming beforehand, he made haste to get to the city, as having a very great confidence in the people there, both on account of the memory of the glorious actions of his father, and of the hatred they could not but bear to the injustice of Ptolemy.”
with Ptolemy (son-in-law of Simon) (Ptolemy was Simon's son-in-law.) “This Simon also had a plot laid against him, and was slain at a feast by his son-in-law Ptolemy, who put his wife and two sons into prison, and sent some persons to kill John, who was also called Hyrcanus.”
enemies with Cendebeus “for it was not long ere Antiochus sent Cendebeus his general with an army to lay waste Judea, and to subdue Simon;”

Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.