Onias II
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title:
Onias II
text:
Onias II was the son of Simon I. He was still a minor when his father died, so his uncle Eleazar, and whom after, the latter's uncle Manasseh, officiated as high priests before Onais himself succeeded to that dignity. According to Josephus, he was a covetous man and of limited intelligence, whose refusal to pay the twenty talents of silver which every high priest was required to pay to Ptolemy III Euergetes, the King of Egypt threatened to imperil both the high priest and the people. The impendi
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wiki
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description:
High Priest of Israel
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onias_II
date created:
2007-07-02T15:32:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T21:24:48Z
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