🕎 #Hanukkah #history #facts — The #Hasmoneans ("#Maccabees"), who recaptured the great Temple in #Jerusalem from #Antiochus IV, were great freedom fighters but violent rulers.

🕎 E.g, in 135, John Hyrcannus I, one of Simon Maccabbee’s sons, took over because Simon’s other two sons were unavailable: Simon’s son-in-law had murdered them, along with Simon himself.

🕎 The Hasmoneans' tyrannical leadership would pave the way for #Christmas...

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🕎 Bonus #Hanukkah #history #fact — In 162 BCE, #Antiochus "the Great" III's nephew, #Demetrius, escaped Roman captivity and eventually clawed his way to the top post in Syria, ending Antiochus V's short two-year reign.

🕎 Demetrius thus became the second escaped Roman prisoner to rule Greek Syria.

🕎 No wonder things were so tough for Syrian-ruled #Jerusalem.

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