=Hyrcanus I, John=, son of Simon Tharsi, =1=, 520. lives at Gazara, =1=, 525. defeats Cendebæus, =1=, 529. escapes from Ptolemy ben Habub, =1=, 530-1. mother of, imprisoned, =1=, 531; =2=, 2. reign of, =2=, 1. contest of, with Ptolemy ben Habub, =2=, 2-3. besieged by Antiochus Sidetes, =2=, 3-4. sends an embassy to Rome, =2=, 4-5. furnishes Syria troops against Parthia, =2=, 5. acknowledges Alexander Zabina king of Syria, =2=, 6. Samaritan campaign of, =2=, 7-8. destroys the Temple on Gerizim, =2=, 8. converts the Idumæans forcibly to Judaism, =2=, 8-9. appeals to Rome, =2=, 9. besieges Samaria, =2=, 9. destroys Samaria, =2=, 10. conquests of, =2=, 11-12. has coins struck, =2=, 12. worldly ambition of, =2=, 13. erects a mausoleum at Modin, =2=, 14. employs Pharisees and Sadducees, =2=, 31. offended by the Pharisees, =2=, 32-3. fills the high offices with Sadducees, =2=, 33. death of, =2=, 33. sons of, =2=, 34. =Hyrcanus I, John, the wife of=, queen, supplanted by Aristobulus I, =2=, 35. imprisonment and death of, =2=, 36. =Hyrcanus II=, son of Alexander Jannæus, =2=, 47. proclaimed high priest, =2=, 48, 76. conspiracy against, =2=, 56. accession and character of, =2=, 57. defeated at Jericho by Aristobulus, =2=, 58. deprived of the royal dignity, =2=, 58. aided by the Nabathæan king, =2=, 59. refuses to supply the sacrificial lamb during the siege of Jerusalem, =2=, 60. summoned to Damascus, =2=, 63. favored by Pompey, =2=, 64. made ethnarch, =2=, 66, 76. leaves Jerusalem, =2=, 70. petitioned to punish Herod, =2=, 78. permits the Synhedrion to summon Herod, =2=, 78. reproved by Shemaya, =2=, 79. adjourns the Synhedrion, =2=, 79. takes counsel with Malich, =2=, 80. mutilated, =2=, 82. dethroned, =2=, 82-3. taken captive to Babylon, =2=, 83. welcomed by the Babylonian Judæans, =2=, 90. returns to Palestine, =2=, 91. executed, =2=, 96. descendants of, in Nahardea, =2=, 551. =Hyrcanus=, son of Joseph, his father’s representative in Egypt, =1=, 429-30. favored by Ptolemy IV, =1=, 430. rebuked for extravagance, =1=, 430. successor of his father, =1=, 431-2. flees to Alexandria, =1=, 432. in favor with Ptolemy V, =1=, 437. wealth of, =1=, 437. betrayed by the Hellenists, =1=, 444. tax-collector for the king of Egypt, =1=, 444. =Hyrkania=, Judæans banished to, =1=, 408. =I= =Ibbur=, impregnation of the soul, Kabbalistic term, =4=, 621. =Ibbur=, work on the calendar by Isaac Ibn-Albalia, =3=, 283. _See also_ Calendar. =Iberia=, early Jewish settlements in, =3=, 35. _See_ Spain. =Ibleam=, Zechariah, king of Israel, murdered at, =1=, 243. =Ibn-Abbas.= _See_ Jehuda and Samuel Ibn-Abbas. =Ibn-Abbas=, plots to depose Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, =3=, 258.