Greek text the son of Onias) and in legend was probably the son of Onias I or, according to some, of the latter's grandson Onias II. Nehemiah xii. 11 Jewish...

BCE, Onias was obliged to yield to his own brother, Jason, a Hellenizer. According to Josephus, Jason became high priest after the death of Onias, the...

Onias may refer to: Any of the Jewish high priests known as Onias (Hebrew: חוֹנִיּוֹ Honio, also Honiyya or Honiyahu) at the time of the Second Temple...

Philopator of Egypt (221–204 BCE). Onias III, son of Simon II (?–175 BC), murdered 170 BCE Onias IV, son of Onias III, fled to Egypt and built a Jewish...

Simon I, son of Onias I, (310–291 or 300–270 BCE) was High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. Some writers identify him...

presided over by kohanim (priests) of the family of Onias III or Onias IV, for whom the "Land of Onias" is named. Aside from a somewhat uncertain allusion...

contemporary of Alexander the Great. I Maccabees regards Onias as a contemporary of the Spartan king Areus I (309-265 BCE). Onias I is thought to be the father...

(Ezra 6:12) – Artaxerxes I ruled between Darius I and II. On the other hand, the first decree to rebuild occurred before Darius I, by Cyrus Ezra 1:2, and...

and was forced into exile. Onias III ruled as High Priest for an unknown length of time prior to Jason's accession. Both Onias III and Jason were sons of...

the Maccabees first reproduces a letter sent by Areus to the High Priest Onias I, then a letter from the High Priest Jonathan c.144, and a third dated c...