Simon’s position as ruler as well as high priest ​ — for him and his descendants — ​ was thus agreed upon not only by foreign Seleucid authority but also by “the Great Assembly ” of his own people.
पण जॉनथनच्या मृत्यूनंतर त्याचा भाऊ सायमन याने तर त्याहीपेक्षा अधिक यश मिळवले.