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Onias III

IntertestamentalHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

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Last legitimate Zadokite high priest before the Seleucid usurpations; deposed in favor of his Hellenizing brother Jason. Murdered at Daphne ca. 171 BC. Generally identified as the 'anointed one' cut off in Daniel 9:26 by many Jewish and Christian readings.

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