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Menelaus (Hellenizing high priest)

IntertestamentalHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

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Outbid Jason for the high priesthood; opened the temple to Antiochus's looting; instigated the murder of Onias III. Executed by Antiochus V in 162 BC.

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