Menelaus (High Priest)
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Menelaus (High Priest)
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Menelaus was High Priest in Jerusalem from about 172 BC to about 161 BC. He was high priest at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt (167-160). He was the successor of Jason, the brother of Onias III. The sources are divided as to his origin. According to II Maccabees, he belonged to the Tribe of Benjamin and was the brother of the Simeon who had denounced Onias III to Seleucus IV Philopator, and revealed to the Syrians the existence of the treasure of the Temple; according to Flavius Josephus,
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High Priest of Israel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelaus_(High_Priest)
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2007-06-12T07:22:22Z
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2024-08-30T21:24:19Z
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