The High Priesthood
Beginning c.late 5th century BCE, while Judea was under Persian, and then Greek governors, the Jews maintained their autonomy through their High Priests who were the descendants of Aaron, brother of Moses and the first High Priest.
- Yehozadak - Was carried into Babylonian captivity by Nebuchadnezzar
- Yeshua - during the return
- Yakim
- Eliashiv
- Yehoiada
- Yohanan
- Yaddua - it was possibly during his reign (332 BCE) that Alexander the Great conquered Judea and brought it under the rule of the Hellenistic Empire.
- Onias I - Egypt conquers Judea (301 BCE).
- Shimon haTzedek
- Eleazar
- Manasseh
- Onias II - during his time, Judea passed to the overlordship of the Syrian Greeks (219 BCE) which lasted 2 years and under:
- Shimon II - Judea passed to Egypt.
- Onias III - Judea conquered by Syrian Greeks (198 BCE).
- Jason
- Menelaus
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