Jonathan used warfare and diplomacy to persuade the Seleucids to appoint him as high priest. But after Jonathan’s death, his brother Simon achieved even more.
याजकांचे घराणे असूनही हेष्मोन्यांच्या कुळातील कोणीही अद्याप महायाजकपदी सेवा केलेली नव्हती.