172 BC · AM 3832 · Intertestamental
Menelaus displaces Jason as high priest
Menelaus offered Antiochus more tribute than Jason and obtained the high priesthood, though he was not from the high priestly line. Rival claimants and royal interference deepened Jerusalem's internal division.
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