A dictionary of the . brothers, Jona-than, died 143, and Simon, died the latter the office of high priest was made hereditary in the family ofthe Asmonaeans. Simons son, JohannesHyrcanus, 135-105, changed the tradi-tional policy of the family and soughtsupport with the Sadducees, and his twosons, Aristobulus I., 105-104, who as-sumed the title of king, and AlexanderJannaeus, 104-78, pursued the same lineof conduct. After the death of Alex-andra, 78-69, a civil war broke out be-tween her two sons, Aristobulus II. andHyrcanus II. The Romans interfered,and Aristobulus II., 69-63
A dictionary of the . brothers, Jona-than, died 143, and Simon, died the latter the office of high priest was made hereditary in the family ofthe Asmonaeans. Simons son, JohannesHyrcanus, 135-105, changed the tradi-tional policy of the family and soughtsupport with the Sadducees, and his twosons, Aristobulus I., 105-104, who as-sumed the title of king, and AlexanderJannaeus, 104-78, pursued the same lineof conduct. After the death of Alex-andra, 78-69, a civil war broke out be-tween her two sons, Aristobulus II. andHyrcanus II. The Romans interfered,and Aristobulus II., 69-63, having beendefeated by Pompey, was dethroned. Hisbrother Hyrcanus II. succeeded, 63-40,as high priest and prince under Romansupremacy, but without the title of Antigonus, 40-37, a son of Aristobu-lus II., the Asmonaean dynasty ceased toreign, and with Aristobulus two grand-children, Aristobulus and Mariamne, itbecame extinct. Herodes became its {extended land), anoted country and kingdom lying north. Map of Macedonia. of Greece. The kingdom was foundedabout b. c. 814, and became famous inthe worlds history in the time of itsgreat rulers, Philip and Alexander. Itwas the first part of Europe which re-ceived the gospel, and hence its import-ance in biblical history. Situation and Extent.—The boundariesof Macedonia varied at different but in N. T. times Macedonia may bedescribed as bounded on the north bythe range of Hagmus or the BalkanMountains, separating it from Moesia:on the east by Thrace and the iEgeanSea; on the south by the province ofAchaia (Greece); on the west by Epirusand Illyricum, from which it was sepa-rated by the Pindus range. MAC MAC Physical Features.—Macedonia is situ-ated in a great basin nearly surroundedby the mountains and the sea. There aretwo great plains, one watered by the riverAxius, whose mouth is near Thessalonica,and the other by the Strymon, whichflows into the JEgean Sea below Amphi-polis. Between the mou
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