Divrei Yosippon — Sefer Yosippon — Chapter 29: Hyrcanus’s Wars

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29:1

Hyrcanus expands power against neighboring territories and fortresses.

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29:2

Shomron is besieged and eventually destroyed after a long resistance.

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29:3

Idumean territories are brought under rule and their inhabitants are compelled into circumcision and Yehudi law in the chronicle’s account.

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29:4

The expansion transforms the Hasmonean state from revolt-survivor into regional kingdom and introduces new tensions between conquest and covenant.

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