Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 107. Chapters: David, Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Judah, Herod the Great, Solomon, Ahab, Hezekiah, Saul, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Omri, Zedekiah, Jehoshaphat, Jeroboam II, Alexander Jannaeus, Agrippa II, Jehu, Ahaz, Pekah, Abijah of Judah, Hasmoneans, Jeconiah, Herod Antipas, Kings of Judah, Outline of Judaism, Josiah, John Hyrcanus, Davidic line, Uzziah, Islamic views on David, Athaliah, Manasseh of Judah, Jezebel, Salome Alexandra, Asa of Judah, Jehoram of Judah, Jotham of Judah, Ish-bosheth, Jehoash of Judah, Ahaziah of Judah, Herodian Dynasty, Jehoash of Israel, Hyrcanus II, Hoshea, Jehoiakim, Herod Archelaus, Menahem, Jehoahaz of Judah, Aristobulus II, Philip the Tetrarch, Amaziah of Judah, Antigonus II Mattathias, Amon of Judah, Jehoram of Israel, Ahaziah of Israel, Simon Thassi, Baasha of Israel, Abimelech, Nadab of Israel, Zimri, Zechariah of Israel, Jehoahaz of Israel, Pekahiah, Kingdom Theology, Shallum of Israel, King Elah, List of Judean rulers, Kings of Israel and Judah family tree. Excerpt: The Hasmoneans (, Hebrew: Hashmonayim, Audio), were a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE, the dynasty ruled semi-autonomously from the Seleucids in the region of Judea. From 110 BCE, with the Seleucid empire disintegrating, the dynasty became fully independent, expanded in to the neighbouring regions of Galilee, Iturea, Perea, Idumea and Samaria, and took the title "basileus." Some modern scholars refer to this period as an independent kingdom of Israel In 63 BCE, the kingdom was conquered by the Roman Republic and broken up, and the dynasty continued to rule as High Priests of Judea as a Roman client state. The dynasty was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after his brother Judas the Maccabee ("Hammer") defeated the Seleucid arm...