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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 103. Chapters: Kings of ancient Israel, Kings of ancient Judah, David, Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Judah, Herod the Great, Solomon, Ahab, Hezekiah, Saul, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Omri, Zedekiah, Jehoshaphat, Jeroboam II, Alexander Jannaeus, Agrippa II, Jehu, Ahaz, Pekah, Abijah of Judah, Hasmoneans, Jeconiah, Kings of Judah, Herod Antipas, Davidic line, Josiah, John Hyrcanus, Uzziah, Islamic views on David, Athaliah, Manasseh of Judah, Jezebel, Salome Alexandra, Asa of Judah, Jehoram of Judah, Jotham of Judah, Jehoash of Judah, Ish-bosheth, Ahaziah of Judah, Herodian Dynasty, Jehoash of Israel, Hyrcanus II, Hoshea, Jehoiakim, Herod Archelaus, Antigonus II Mattathias, Menahem, Aristobulus II, Jehoahaz of Judah, Amaziah of Judah, Philip the Tetrarch, List of Hasmonean and Herodian rulers, Amon of Judah, Ahaziah of Israel, Simon Thassi, Jehoram of Israel, Baasha of Israel, Nadab of Israel, Abimelech, Julianus ben Sabar, Zechariah of Israel, Jehoahaz of Israel, Pekahiah, Tibni, King Elah, Shallum of Israel, Salome I, List of Judean rulers, King of the Jews, House of Gadi. Excerpt: The Hasmoneans (, Hebrew: Hashmonayim, Audio), were a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE, the dynasty ruled semi-autonomously from the Seleucids in the region of Judea. From 110 BCE, with the Seleucid empire disintegrating, the dynasty became fully independent, expanded in to the neighbouring regions of Galilee, Iturea, Perea, Idumea and Samaria, and took the title "basileus." Some modern scholars refer to this period as an independent kingdom of Israel. In 63 BCE, the kingdom was conquered by the Roman Republic, broken up and set up as a Roman client state. The dynasty was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after his brother...
