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title="Menorah"><img alt="Menorah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Menora.svg/55px-Menora.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Menora.svg/83px-Menora.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Menora.svg/110px-Menora.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="621" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;"> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">Kohen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Presumption_of_priestly_descent" title="Presumption of priestly descent">Presumption of priestly descent</a></li></ul></div><br /><a href="/wiki/Priestly_covenant" title="Priestly covenant">Priestly covenant</a></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)">Roles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_Blessing" title="Priestly Blessing">Priestly Blessing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pidyon_haben" title="Pidyon haben">Redemption of the firstborn son</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tzaraath#Cause_and_treatment" title="Tzaraath"><i>Tzaraath</i> (skin disease and mildew)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Torah_instruction_of_the_Kohanim" title="The Torah instruction of the Kohanim">The Torah instruction of the Kohanim</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Korban" title="Korban">Sacrifice</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Incense_offering" title="Incense offering">Incense offering</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Beth_din_shel_Kohanim" class="mw-redirect" title="Beth din shel Kohanim">Beth din shel Kohanim</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_divisions" title="Priestly divisions">Priestly divisions</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priests</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eleazar" title="Eleazar">Eleazar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Phinehas" title="Phinehas">Phinehas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eli_(biblical_figure)" title="Eli (biblical figure)">Eli</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ahimelech" title="Ahimelech">Ahimelech</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Abiathar" title="Abiathar">Abiathar</a></li></ul></div><br />(First Temple)<div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></li><li><a 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var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Twenty-four_priestly_gifts" title="Twenty-four priestly gifts">Twenty-four priestly gifts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b>The ten gifts given in the Temple</b><br /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sin_offering" title="Sin offering">Sin offering</a></li><li>Guilt offering</li><li>Communal peace offering</li><li>Fowl sin offering</li><li>Leftovers from the suspensive guilt offering</li><li>Oil from the offering for the leper</li><li>Bread from First Fruits</li><li><a href="/wiki/Showbread" title="Showbread">Showbread</a></li><li>Leftovers of the <a href="/wiki/Meal_offering" class="mw-redirect" title="Meal offering">meal offering</a></li><li>Leftovers of the First Sheaf</li></ul></div>.<br /> <b>Four gifts given in Jerusalem</b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firstborn_(Judaism)" title="Firstborn (Judaism)">Firstborn animal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/First_Fruits#Biblical" title="First Fruits">First fruits</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Burnt_offering_(Judaism)" title="Burnt offering (Judaism)">Burnt offering</a></li><li>Parts of the <a href="/wiki/Thank_offering" title="Thank offering">thank offering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nazirite" title="Nazirite">Nazirite</a>'s offering</li></ul></div><br /> <b>Ten gifts given (even) outside of Jerusalem</b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terumah_(offering)" title="Terumah (offering)">Heave offering</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Terumat_hamaaser" title="Terumat hamaaser">Heave offering of the Levite's tithe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dough_offering" title="Dough offering">Dough offering</a></li><li>First shearing of the sheep</li><li><a href="/wiki/Foreleg,_cheeks_and_maw" title="Foreleg, cheeks and maw">Foreleg, cheeks and maw</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pidyon_haben" title="Pidyon haben">Coins for redemption of the firstborn son</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Petter_Chamor" class="mw-redirect" title="Petter Chamor">Redemption of a donkey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Herem_(priestly_gift)" title="Herem (priestly gift)">Dedication of property to a priest</a></li><li>Field not redeemed in a Jubilee year</li><li>The property of the foreigner with no heir</li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)">Priestly garments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">All Priests</a></b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_undergarments" title="Priestly undergarments">Undergarments</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_tunic" title="Priestly tunic">Tunic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_turban" title="Priestly turban">Turban</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_sash" title="Priestly sash">Sash</a></li></ul></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priest</a></b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_robe_(Judaism)" title="Priestly robe (Judaism)">Robe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ephod" title="Ephod">Ephod</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_golden_head_plate" title="Priestly golden head plate">Frontlet</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_breastplate" title="Priestly breastplate">Breastplate</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Urim_and_Thummim" title="Urim and Thummim">Urim and Thummim</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)">Miscellaneous topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_mitzvah_of_sanctifying_the_Kohen" title="The mitzvah of sanctifying the Kohen">The mitzvah of sanctifying the Kohen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kohanic_disqualifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Kohanic disqualifications">Kohanic disqualifications</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil" title="Holy anointing oil">Holy anointing oil</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kahen" title="Kahen">Kahen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron%27s_rod" title="Aaron's rod">Aaron's rod</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bat-Kohen" title="Bat-Kohen">Bat-Kohen (daughter of a kohen)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Zadok" title="Sons of Zadok">Sons of Zadok</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_of_Kohen_defilement_by_the_dead" title="Prohibition of Kohen defilement by the dead">Contact by a kohen with a dead body</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/13_Kohanic_cities" title="13 Kohanic cities">13 Kohanic cities</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar 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Because of a lack of historical data, this list is incomplete and there may be gaps. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kohanim.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Kohanim.jpg/200px-Kohanim.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Kohanim.jpg/300px-Kohanim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Kohanim.jpg/400px-Kohanim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="462" /></a><figcaption>A traditional list of the Jewish High Priests</figcaption></figure> <p>The High Priests, like all Jewish priests, belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">Aaronic line</a>. The Bible mentions the majority of high priests before the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian captivity</a>, but does not give a complete list of office holders. Lists would be based on various historical sources. In several periods of <a href="/wiki/Gentile" title="Gentile">non-Jewish</a> rule, high priests were appointed and removed by kings, but still most high priests came from the Aaronic line. One exception is <a href="/wiki/Menelaus_(High_Priest)" title="Menelaus (High Priest)">Menelaus</a>, who may not have been from the <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Levi" title="Tribe of Levi">Tribe of Levi</a> at all, but from the <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Benjamin" title="Tribe of Benjamin">Tribe of Benjamin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_the_Exodus_to_Solomon's_Temple"><span id="From_the_Exodus_to_Solomon.27s_Temple"></span>From the Exodus to Solomon's Temple</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: From the Exodus to Solomon's Temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following lineage appears in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a05.htm#29">1 Chronicles 5:29–31</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleazar" title="Eleazar">Eleazar</a>, son of Aaron<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phinehas" title="Phinehas">Phinehas</a>, son of Eleazar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abishua" title="Abishua">Abishua</a>, son of Phinehas <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Samaritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaritan">Samaritans</a> insert <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_High_Priest#List_of_Samaritan_High_Priests" title="Samaritan High Priest">Sashai</a> as the son of Abishua and father of Bukki.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukki" title="Bukki">Bukki</a>, son of Abishua</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzzi" title="Uzzi">Uzzi</a>, son of Bukki</li></ul> <p>Although Abishua, Bukki and Uzzi are not directly attested as high priests, this portion of the genealogy is assumed by other sources to give the succession of the high priesthood from father to son. </p><p>At some time, the office was transferred from descendants of Eleazar to those of his brother Itamar.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first known and most notable high priest of Itamar's line was Eli, a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Samuel" title="Samuel">Samuel</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eli_(biblical_figure)" title="Eli (biblical figure)">Eli</a>, descendant of <a href="/wiki/Ithamar" title="Ithamar">Ithamar</a>, son of Aaron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahitub_(High_Priest)" title="Ahitub (High Priest)">Ahitub</a>, son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahijah" title="Ahijah">Ahijah</a>, son of Ahitub</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahimelech" title="Ahimelech">Ahimelech</a>, son of Ahijah (or brother of Ahijah and son of Ahitub)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abiathar" title="Abiathar">Abiathar</a>, son of Ahimelech</li></ul> <p>Abiathar was removed from the high priesthood for conspiring against King <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a>, and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a>, who oversaw the construction of the First Temple. According to the genealogies given in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a05.htm#30">1 Chronicles 5:30–34</a>, Zadok was a descendant of Uzzi (through Zerahiah, Meraioth, <a href="/wiki/Amariah" title="Amariah">Amariah</a> and Ahitub) and thus belonged to the line of Eleazar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Temple_period">First Temple period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First Temple period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></div> <p>Priestly lists for this period appear in the Bible, <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Seder_Olam_Zutta" title="Seder Olam Zutta">Seder Olam Zutta</a></i>, but with differences. While Josephus and <i>Seder 'Olam Zuta</i> each mention 18 high priests,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the genealogy given in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:1%20Chronicles%206:3–15">1 Chronicles 6:3–15</a> gives 12 names, culminating in the last high priest Seriah, father of <a href="/wiki/Jehozadak" title="Jehozadak">Jehozadak</a>. However, it is unclear whether all those mentioned in the genealogy between Zadok and Jehozadak were high priests, and whether high priests mentioned elsewhere (such as Jehoiada and Jehoiarib) are simply omitted or did not belong to the male line in this genealogy. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a06.htm#3">1 Chronicles 6:3–15</a> </b><br /><small>(* Also mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezra" title="Book of Ezra">Ezra</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Ezra%207:1–5">7:1–5</a>)</small> </th> <th width="13%"><b>Josephus</b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="18%"><b>Seder Olam Zutta</b> </th> <th width="44%"><b>Other biblical information</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">King Solomon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a> was High Priest during the construction of the First Temple. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahimaaz" title="Ahimaaz">Ahimaaz</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahimaaz" title="Ahimaaz">Ahimaaz</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahimaaz" title="Ahimaaz">Ahimaaz</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Rehoboam" title="Rehoboam">King Rehoboam</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Azariah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Azariah (high priest)">Azariah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Azariah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Azariah (high priest)">Azariah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Azariah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Azariah (high priest)">Azariah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Abijah_of_Judah" title="Abijah of Judah">King Abijah</a></td> <td>Among the "princes/officials" of King Solomon listed in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09a04.htm#2">1 Kings 4:2</a> "Azariah, son of Zadok, the priest" appears in first place. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Johanan</td> <td>Joram</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>Isus (<i>Yehoshua</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joash_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joash (high priest)">Joash</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat" title="Jehoshaphat">King Jehoshaphat</a></td> <td>An Amariah is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Chronicles">2 Chronicles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25b19.htm#11">19:11</a> as "the chief priest" under King <a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat" title="Jehoshaphat">Jehoshaphat</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jehoiarib" title="Jehoiarib">Jehoiarib</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Judah" title="Jehoram of Judah">King Jehoram</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehoshaphat (high priest)">Jehoshaphat</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">King Ahaziah</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jehoiada" title="Jehoiada">Jehoiada</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jehoiada" title="Jehoiada">Jehoiada</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah" title="Jehoash of Judah">King Jehoash</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jehoiada" title="Jehoiada">Jehoiada</a>, brother-in-law of King Ahaziah, is mentioned in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b11.htm#4">2 Kings 11:4–17</a> as a priest leading the coup against Queen-mother <a href="/wiki/Athaliah" title="Athaliah">Athaliah</a> and installing <a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah" title="Jehoash of Judah">Jehoash of Judah</a> as king of Judah. </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>Axioramos (<i>Ahiram</i>)</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pediah" title="Pediah">Phideas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pediah" title="Pediah">Pediah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah" title="Jehoash of Judah">King Jehoash</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zedekiah_(High_Priest)" title="Zedekiah (High Priest)">Sudeas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zedekiah_(High_Priest)" title="Zedekiah (High Priest)">Zedekiah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Amaziah_of_Judah" title="Amaziah of Judah">King Amaziah</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>Azariah*</td> <td>Juelus</td> <td>Joel – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Uzziah" title="Uzziah">King Uzziah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Azariah_II" title="Azariah II">Azariah II</a> is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Chronicles">2 Chronicles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25b26.htm#14">26:14–18</a> as a "chief priest" opposing King <a href="/wiki/Uzziah" title="Uzziah">Uzziah</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a05.htm#36">5:36</a> Azariah, son of Johanan is singled out as "he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem". </td></tr> <tr> <td>Amariah*</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jotham_(high_priest)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jotham (high priest) (page does not exist)">Jotham</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jotham_(high_priest)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jotham (high priest) (page does not exist)">Jotham</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jotham" title="Jotham">King Jotham</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ahitub II*</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uriah_(Book_of_Kings)" title="Uriah (Book of Kings)">Urias</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uriah_(Book_of_Kings)" title="Uriah (Book of Kings)">Urijah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Ahaz" title="Ahaz">King Ahaz</a></td> <td><b>Uriah</b> is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/2_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Kings">2 Kings</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b16.htm#10">16:10–16</a> as a priest who, on orders of King Ahaz, replaces the altar in the temple with a new, Assyrian-style altar. He is also mentioned as a witness in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1008.htm#2">8:2</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>Nerias</td> <td>Neria – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Hezekiah" title="Hezekiah">King Hezekiah</a></td> <td>An <b>Azariah</b> is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Chronicles">2 Chronicles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25b31.htm#10">31:10</a> as "the chief priest, of the house of Zadok" under King <a href="/wiki/Hezekiah" title="Hezekiah">Hezekiah</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zadok II*</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoshaiah_(high_priest)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hoshaiah (high priest) (page does not exist)">Odeas</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoshaiah_(high_priest)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hoshaiah (high priest) (page does not exist)">Hoshaiah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Manasseh_of_Judah" title="Manasseh of Judah">King Manasseh</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shallum_(High_Priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shallum (High Priest)">Shallum</a>*</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shallum_(High_Priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shallum (High Priest)">Shallum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shallum_(High_Priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shallum (High Priest)">Shallum</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Amon_of_Judah" title="Amon of Judah">King Amon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shallum_(High_Priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shallum (High Priest)">Shallum</a>, son of Zadok II. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilkiah" title="Hilkiah">Hilkiah</a>*</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilkiah" title="Hilkiah">Elcias</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilkiah" title="Hilkiah">Hilkiah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Josiah" title="Josiah">King Josiah</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Judah" title="Jehoahaz of Judah">King Jehoahaz</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilkiah" title="Hilkiah">Hilkiah</a>, priest at the time of King Josiah and the discovery of the lost Book of the Law. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azariah_IV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azariah IV (page does not exist)">Azariah IV</a>*</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azariah_IV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azariah IV (page does not exist)">Azaros</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azariah_IV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azariah IV (page does not exist)">Azariah IV</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jehoiakim" title="Jehoiakim">King Jehoiakim</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azariah_IV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azariah IV (page does not exist)">Azariah IV</a>, son of Hilkiah (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:1%20Chronicles%206:13">1 Chronicles 6:13</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seraiah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seraiah (high priest)">Seraiah</a>*</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seraiah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seraiah (high priest)">Sareas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seraiah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seraiah (high priest)">Seraiah</a> – contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Jeconiah" title="Jeconiah">King Jeconiah</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Zedekiah" title="Zedekiah">King Zedekiah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seraiah_(high_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seraiah (high priest)">Seraiah</a>, son of Azariah IV <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+25%3A18&version=NIVUK">(2 Ki 25:18)</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some name <a href="/wiki/Jehozadak" title="Jehozadak">Jehozadak</a>, son of Seriah, as a high priest prior to being sent to captivity in <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonia</a>, based on the biblical references to "Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest". According to the commentary attributed to <a href="/wiki/Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>, this is a misreading of the phrase, as "the high priest" does not refer to Jehozadak (who was exiled without having served as high priest), but to his son <a href="/wiki/Joshua_the_High_Priest" title="Joshua the High Priest">Joshua</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_Babylonian_captivity">After the Babylonian captivity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After the Babylonian captivity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a></div> <p>The high priests following the exile were:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_(High_Priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joshua (High Priest)">Joshua</a>, son of Jehozadak, after the building of the Second Temple. Contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a> (reigned 538–530 BCE) and <a href="/wiki/Darius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Darius I">Darius I</a> (reigned 522–486 BCE).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joiakim_(High_Priest)" title="Joiakim (High Priest)">Joiakim</a>, son of Joshua (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b12.htm#10">Nehemiah 12:10</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliashib_(High_Priest)" title="Eliashib (High Priest)">Eliashib</a>, son of Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:10). Mentioned in the time of <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah" title="Nehemiah">Nehemiah</a> in 444 BCE.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joiada" title="Joiada">Joiada</a>, son of Eliashib (Nehemiah 12:10). (A son married a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Sanballat_the_Horonite" title="Sanballat the Horonite">Sanballat the Horonite</a>, for which he was driven out of the Temple by Nehemiah<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johanan_(High_Priest)" title="Johanan (High Priest)">Johanan</a>, son of Joiada (Nehemiah 12:11). Mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Elephantine_papyri" class="mw-redirect" title="Elephantine papyri">Elephantine papyri</a> in 410 BCE.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaddua" title="Jaddua">Jaddua</a>, son of Johanan (Nehemiah 12:11). Contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> (reigned 336–323 BCE). Some have identified him as <a href="/wiki/Simeon_the_Just" title="Simeon the Just">Simeon the Just</a>.</li></ul> <p>Moreover, there are some sources in <a href="/wiki/Rabbinical_Judaism" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabbinical Judaism">Rabbinic tradition</a> that supports the notion that <a href="/wiki/Ezra" title="Ezra">Ezra</a> may have served as Kohen Gadol.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The chronology given above, based on Josephus, however is not undisputed, with some alternatively placing Jaddua during the time of <a href="/wiki/Darius_II" title="Darius II">Darius II</a> (423–405/4 BC) and some supposing one more Johanan and one more Jaddua in the following time, the latter Jaddua being contemporary of Alexander the Great. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Onias_I" title="Onias I">Onias I</a>, son of Jaddua. Contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Areus_I" title="Areus I">Areus I</a> of Sparta (reigned 309–265 BCE).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_I_(High_Priest)" title="Simon I (High Priest)">Simon I</a>, son of Onias. Josephus identified him as <a href="/wiki/Simeon_the_Just" title="Simeon the Just">Simeon the Just</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleazar_(High_Priest)" title="Eleazar (High Priest)">Eleazar</a>, son of Onias and brother of Simon I. Contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II Philadelphus</a> of Egypt (reigned 283–246 BCE).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasseh_(High_Priest)" title="Manasseh (High Priest)">Manasseh</a>, son of Jaddua, brother of Onias I and uncle of Simon I and Eleazar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onias_II" title="Onias II">Onias II</a>, son of Simon I. Contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_III_Euergetes" title="Ptolemy III Euergetes">Ptolemy III Euergetes</a> of Egypt (reigned 246–221 BCE).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_II_(High_Priest)" title="Simon II (High Priest)">Simon II</a>, son of Onias II. Contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_IV_Philopator" title="Ptolemy IV Philopator">Ptolemy IV Philopator</a> of Egypt (221–204 BCE).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onias_III" title="Onias III">Onias III</a>, son of Simon II (?–175 BC), murdered 170 BCE <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Onias_IV" title="Onias IV">Onias IV</a>, son of Onias III, fled to Egypt and in c. 150 BCE built a <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Onias" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Onias">Jewish Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Leontopolis" title="Leontopolis">Leontopolis</a> (closed between 66–73 CE).</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_(High_Priest)" title="Jason (High Priest)">Jason</a>, son of Simon II, 175–172 BCE (the last of the <a href="/wiki/Zadok#The_Zadokite_dynasty" title="Zadok">Zadokite dynasty</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menelaus_(High_Priest)" title="Menelaus (High Priest)">Menelaus</a>, 172–165 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus" title="Judas Maccabeus">Judas Maccabeus</a>, son of Mattathias, 165–162 BCE (held the office after the consecration of the Temple)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcimus" title="Alcimus">Alcimus</a>, 162–159 BCE</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-sacerdotium">Inter-sacerdotium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inter-sacerdotium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is unknown who held the position of High Priest of Jerusalem between Alcimus' death and the accession of <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Apphus" title="Jonathan Apphus">Jonathan Apphus</a>. Josephus relates that the office was vacant for seven years,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this is highly unlikely, if not impossible. As the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_Temple_service" title="Yom Kippur Temple service">Yom Kippur Temple service</a> requires the high priest, Josephus' account would suggest a seven-year gap in service soon after the restoration of the Temple. Politically, Israel's overlords probably would not have allowed a power vacuum to last for so long. </p><p>Elsewhere, Josephus suggests that <a href="/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus" title="Judas Maccabeus">Judas Maccabeus</a>, the brother of Jonathan, held the office for three years, succeeding Alcimus.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Judas actually predeceased Alcimus by one year. The nature of Jonathan's accession to the high priesthood makes it unlikely that Judas held that office during the inter-sacerdotium. The <i><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Encyclopedia">Jewish Encyclopedia</a></i> tries to harmonise the contradictions found in Josephus by supposing that Judas held the office "immediately after the consecration of the Temple (165–162), that is, before the election of Alcimus".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has been argued that the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Qumran" title="Qumran">Qumran</a> community, the <a href="/wiki/Teacher_of_Righteousness" title="Teacher of Righteousness">Teacher of Righteousness</a>, was High Priest (but not necessarily the sole occupant) during the inter-sacerdotium and was driven off by Jonathan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hasmonean_dynasty">Hasmonean dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hasmonean dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Apphus" title="Jonathan Apphus">Jonathan Apphus</a>, 153–143 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Thassi" title="Simon Thassi">Simon Thassi</a>, brother of Jonathan Apphus, 142–134 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus_I" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hyrcanus I">John Hyrcanus I</a>, son of Simeon Tassi, 134–104 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristobulus_I" title="Aristobulus I">Aristobulus I</a>, son of John Hyrcanus, 104–103 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus" title="Alexander Jannaeus">Alexander Jannaeus</a>, son of John Hyrcanus, 103–76 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hyrcanus II">John Hyrcanus II</a>, son of Alexander Jannaeus, 76–66 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristobulus_II" title="Aristobulus II">Aristobulus II</a>, son of Alexander Jannaeus, 66–63 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrcanus_II" title="Hyrcanus II">Hyrcanus II</a> (restored), 63–40 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Mattathias" title="Antigonus II Mattathias">Antigonus</a>, son of Aristobulus II, 40–37 BCE</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Herodian-Roman_period">Herodian-Roman period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Herodian-Roman period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananelus" title="Ananelus">Ananelus</a>, 37–36 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristobulus_III_of_Judea" title="Aristobulus III of Judea">Aristobulus III</a>, grandson of Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II, 36 BCE (He was the last of the Hasmoneans; brother of Herod's second wife <a href="/wiki/Mariamne_I" title="Mariamne I">Mariamne I</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananelus" title="Ananelus">Ananelus</a> (restored), 36–30 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus,_son_of_Fabus" title="Jesus, son of Fabus">Joshua ben Fabus</a>, 30–23 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_son_of_Boethus" title="Simon son of Boethus">Simon ben Boethus</a>, 23–5 BCE (his daughter <a href="/wiki/Mariamne_(third_wife_of_Herod)" title="Mariamne (third wife of Herod)">Mariamne II</a> was the third wife of <a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_ben_Theophilus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matthias ben Theophilus (page does not exist)">Matthias ben Theophilus</a>, 5-4 BCE<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joazar_ben_Boethus" class="mw-redirect" title="Joazar ben Boethus">Joazar ben Boethus</a>, 4 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleazar_ben_Boethus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleazar ben Boethus">Eleazar ben Boethus</a>, 4–3 BCE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_ben_Sie" title="Joshua ben Sie">Joshua ben Sie</a>, 3 BCE – ?</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joazar_ben_Boethus" class="mw-redirect" title="Joazar ben Boethus">Joazar ben Boethus</a> (restored), ? – 6 CE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Ananus ben Seth</a>, 6–15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishmael_ben_Fabus" title="Ishmael ben Fabus">Ishmael ben Fabus</a> (Phiabi), 15–16</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleazar_ben_Ananus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleazar ben Ananus">Eleazar ben Ananus</a>, 16–17</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_ben_Camithus" title="Simon ben Camithus">Simon ben Camithus</a>, 17–18</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Joseph ben Caiaphas</a>, 18–36 (son-in-law of the high priest Ananus ben Seth)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_ben_Ananus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan ben Ananus">Jonathan ben Ananus</a>, 36–37</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_ben_Ananus" title="Theophilus ben Ananus">Theophilus ben Ananus</a>, 37–41</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cantatheras_ben_Boethus" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Cantatheras ben Boethus">Simon Cantatheras ben Boethus</a>, 41–43</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_ben_Ananus" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthias ben Ananus">Matthias ben Ananus</a>, 43</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elioneus_ben_Simon_Cantatheras" class="mw-redirect" title="Elioneus ben Simon Cantatheras">Elioneus ben Simon Cantatheras</a>, 43–44</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_ben_Ananus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan ben Ananus">Jonathan ben Ananus</a>, 44 (restored)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Josephus_ben_Camydus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josephus ben Camydus (page does not exist)">Josephus ben Camydus</a>, 44–46</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_son_of_Nedebeus" title="Ananias son of Nedebeus">Ananias son of Nedebeus</a>, 46–58<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_(High_Priest)" title="Jonathan (High Priest)">Jonathan</a>, 58<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishmael_II_ben_Fabus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ishmael II ben Fabus (page does not exist)">Ishmael II ben Fabus</a>, 58–62 (relation to priest of same name from 15–16 CE?)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cabi_ben_Simon" title="Joseph Cabi ben Simon">Joseph Cabi ben Simon</a>, 62–63</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananus_ben_Ananus" title="Ananus ben Ananus">Ananus ben Ananus</a>, 63</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_son_of_Damneus" title="Jesus son of Damneus">Jesus son of Damneus</a>, 63</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_ben_Gamla" title="Joshua ben Gamla">Joshua ben Gamla</a>, 63–64 (his wife <a href="/wiki/Martha_daughter_of_Boethus" title="Martha daughter of Boethus">Martha</a> belonged to family of <a href="/wiki/Boethusians" title="Boethusians">Boethus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattathias_ben_Theophilus" title="Mattathias ben Theophilus">Mattathias ben Theophilus</a>, 65–66</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phannias_ben_Samuel" title="Phannias ben Samuel">Phannias ben Samuel</a>, 67–70</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Jewish_chronology#Josephus'_enumeration_of_High_Priests_during_the_Second_Temple_period" title="Traditional Jewish chronology">Josephus' chain of high priests (from the Second Temple)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritan_High_Priest" title="Samaritan High Priest">Samaritan High Priest</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_high_priests_of_Israel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0420.htm#28">Numbers 20:28</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reinhard Pummer: <i>An Update of Moses Gaster’s "Chain of Samaritan High Priests"</i>, Berlin / Boston 2018, S. 154–172.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a href="/wiki/Abu_l-Fath" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu l-Fath">Abu l-Fath</a>, a Samaritan chronicler writing in the 14th century CE, this transfer was the result of a civil war between the followers of Uzzi and Eli. Samaritans claim descent from the followers of Uzzi, who in this account stayed at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim" title="Mount Gerizim">Mount Gerizim</a> while Eli's followers moved to <a href="/wiki/Shiloh_(biblical_city)" title="Shiloh (biblical city)">Shiloh</a>. (Robert T. Anderson and Terry Giles, <i>The Keepers, An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Samaritans</i>, Hendrickson Publishing, 2002, p. 11–12.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The list in <a href="/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews" title="Antiquities of the Jews">Antiquities of the Jews</a> 10:151–153 (10.8.6) contains 17 high priests, but Josephus also mentioned the High Priests <a href="/wiki/Seraiah" title="Seraiah">Seraiah</a> in 10:149 and <a href="/wiki/Jehoiada" title="Jehoiada">Jehoiada</a> in 9.7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews" title="Antiquities of the Jews">Antiquities of the Jews</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/L490JosephusVIJewishAntiquities46/page/n255">10:151–153</a> (10.8.6, in the order: book, chapter and verse.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus mentions Jehoiada as high priest in his account of Athaliah's reign (<i><a href="/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews" title="Antiquities of the Jews">Antiquities of the Jews</a></i> 9.7) but not in list of High Priests (<i><a href="/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews" title="Antiquities of the Jews">Antiquities of the Jews</a></i> 10:151–153)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Rashi/Divrei_HaYamim_I/5.41#m7e3n7">Rashi, 1 Chronicles 5:41</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b12.htm#10">Nehemiah 12:10–11</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dates and contemporaries are taken from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qEhSNN_x8HUC&q=intitle:From+intitle:Joshua+intitle:To+intitle:Caiaphas">James C. VanderKam, <i>From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests After the Exile</i>, 2004, page 491</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b13.htm#28">Nehemiah 13:28</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKlein2013" class="citation journal cs1">Klein, Reuven Chaim (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/147829065.pdf">"Was Ezra a High Priest?"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Jewish Bible Quarterly</i>. <b>41</b> (3): 181–187. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17613%2FM6BJ95">10.17613/M6BJ95</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jewish+Bible+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Was+Ezra+a+High+Priest%3F&rft.volume=41&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=181-187&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17613%2FM6BJ95&rft.aulast=Klein&rft.aufirst=Reuven+Chaim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ac.uk%2Fdownload%2Fpdf%2F147829065.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+high+priests+of+Israel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus, <i>Antiquities</i> 12:2 (43)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Antiquities</i>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews/Book_XX#Chapter_10" class="extiw" title="s:The Antiquities of the Jews/Book XX">20:10</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews/Book_XII#Chapter_10" class="extiw" title="s:The Antiquities of the Jews/Book XII">XII.10 §6</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews/Book_XII#Chapter_11" class="extiw" title="s:The Antiquities of the Jews/Book XII">XII.11 §2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=672&letter=J&search=Judas%20Maccabaeus#2343">Jewish Encyclopedia: Judas Maccabeus</a></span> </li> 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