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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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HIBB OF THE FAMILT OF HEROD. 123<br />

soon became <strong>the</strong> virtnal ruler, <strong>and</strong> HTrcanns 11.<br />

only a puppet in his OHAP. h<strong>and</strong>s. From <strong>the</strong><br />

acceesion <strong>of</strong> Judas MaccabeBus, in 166 B.C., to<br />

<strong>the</strong> H year 63 B.C., when Jerusalem was taken by<br />

Pompey, only about a ' ^ century had elapsed.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r twenty-four years, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> last <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Maccabees had given place to <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Antipater<br />

: Herod, sumamed <strong>the</strong> Great.<br />

<strong>The</strong> settlement <strong>of</strong> Pompey did not prove lasting.<br />

Aristobulus, <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> defeated rival <strong>of</strong><br />

Hyrcanus, was still alive, <strong>and</strong> his sons were even<br />

more energetic than he. <strong>The</strong> risings attempted by<br />

<strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> interference <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Parthians on behalf <strong>of</strong><br />

those who were hostile to Home, <strong>and</strong>, lastly, <strong>the</strong><br />

contentions for supremacy in Rome itself, made

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