What Negroes Need to Know About Simon Maccabeus Part 4

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?

1. Annihilation

1. 1 Macc 15:25-31 Antiochus breaks his covenant with Simon
2. 1 Macc 16:11-24 Simon and all his sons except John are slain

2. How the Maccabees were Annihilated

1. 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.

• Summary of Herod’s destruction of the Hasmonean Dynasty

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