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Hyrcanus

  1. John Hyrcanus was a ruler from the Hasmonean family.

    See Hasmoneans.

  2. Hyrcanus was the son of Tobias. During the time of Heliodorus, he had a large amount of money stored in the temple (2 Maccabees 3:11).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject

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