Divrei Yosippon — Sefer Yosippon — Chapter 26: The Days of Yonatan and Shimon

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Yonatan assumes leadership amid danger from Bacchides and competing Seleucid claimants.

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Through war and diplomacy he becomes high priest and ruler, but is eventually trapped and killed by Tryphon.

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Shimon then leads, secures greater independence, and is recognized by the people in a durable public decree.

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Shimon too is murdered through treachery, bringing the narrative to the rise of his son Yochanan Hyrcanus.

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