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This conflict was reportedly preceded by a massacre in one city that took place after the “Day of Eleusis” forced a ruler to withdraw from a rival’s territories. A leader of this conflict was honored as “one of the First Friends” by Alexander Balas during a succession rivalry. A text primarily about this conflict (10[1])records Heliodorus reconciling with Onias (“oh-NYE-us”) after (-5[1])trying to plunder one site. John (10[1])Hyrcanus’s (10[1])(“her-KAY-nuss’s”) accession (10[1])concludes another deuterocanonical (10[2])book about this conflict. Simon (10[2])Thassi and his four brothers (10[1])led one side in this conflict (10[3])together with their father (10[3])Mattathias. (10[6])A king (10[1])“built an (10[1])idol (-5[1])altar (10[1])upon God’s altar” and “slew swine (10[1]-5[1])upon it” in the lead-up to this anti-Seleucid (“seh-LOO-sid”) conflict, (10[1]-5[1])according to (10[2])Josephus. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])name (10[1])this revolt (10[1]-5[1])against Antiochus (10[2]-5[1])IV (10[1])Epiphanes’s (10[1])Hellenizing impositions on the Jews. ■END■ (10[8]0[9])

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