Secular history tells us that the son of Simon Maccabee, John Hyrcanus I, was both king and priest. Simon was murdered in 134 BCE by his son-in-law Ptolemy, and was succeeded as high priest and king by his son John Hyrcanus I. There are no other king/priest combinations recorded in the Bible. In the […]
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