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RLJ-1897
-- JANUARY 27, 2023
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THE ORIGIN STORY OF JESUS
Part 96: Independence Lost |
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When Queen Salome Alexandra died in 67 B.C., her two
sons treated Judah like their personal domain and instigated a civil
war. The feud ended when the soldiers of Hyrcanus II defected to his
brother and he was forced to surrender to Aristobulus II. Antipater
was an Idumean who had worked himself into the politics of Jerusalem
and he convinced Hyrcanus that Aristobolus was planning to kill him.
Antipater had a deal with the Nabataeans and used them to try and
oust Aristobulus. Eventually both brothers appealed to the Romans,
but Pompey betrayed them both and seized control of Jerusalem,
effectively ending Jewish independence. A Roman civil war
complicated matters, and when the dust cleared, Julius Caesar was
emperor, Pompey, Hyrcanus II, and Aristobulus II were dead. Herod
was the new vassal king of Judea and this was the man who would
beautify the temple and try to kill Jesus as a boy. |
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