PART 4 - WHY DID THE MACCABEAN BROTHERS DIE HORRIBLE DEATHS?
Deut 20:1-4, 10-14 Because they trespassed against Yahawah’s laws
- 2 Sam 8:2 the Moabites become tributaries to David
- 1 Kings 9:20-21 Hamites became slaves to Israel
- Joshua 9:15-21 Gibeonites became slaves to Israelites
1 Macc 2:50-61 Because they disobeyed their father
- Give your lives
- Fear them not
- Be faithful in the law
Q. What was the end of Simon and the Maccabees?
- Annihilation
- 1 Macc 15:25-31 Antiochus breaks his covenant with Simon
- 1 Macc 16:11-24 Simon and all his sons except John are slain
- How the Maccabees were Annihilated
- Antiquities of the Jews – Josephus’ historical work is the main source for the downfall of the Hasmonean dynasty at the hands of Herod.
- Antiquities of the Jews 14.12.1 pg 293. Herod betrothed Miriamme a bloodline ancestor of Simon Thassi
- Antiquities of the Jews 14.16.4 pg 302. Herod takes over the Hasmonean dynasty
- Antiquities 15.3.1&3–15.6.1-4,2* – Execution of Hyrcanus II, Mariamme I (his Hasmonean wife), and their sons Alexander and Aristobulus.





