although some doubt that solomon built a temple- both opinions in encyclopedia brittanica support each other that the jews had a temple in jerusalem in the era of the israelite kings=monarchy of israel which according to the historian josephus lasted 466 years and this reliable historian said solomon built the temple, in book 20
the eras are:
wait! if the total is 83 priests then the seventy who overlapped as described in the story of jonatan and simon- were generations so if one marries age 18 like the tradition at that era, then the child is born when dad is 20 and his son born 20 years later therefore 70*20-1400 is believable we must see if he exagerated beyond 1400?
only 13 are claimed to be replaced after death leaving 70 hp by generation.
era 1 from depart 612 years [ with the error in the book 1 Kings chapter 6]
era 2 temple 466 years with "regal" king
era 3 70 years until cyrus added to the years of priests
era 4 democratic rule 414 years total about 900 which is much more !! plausible than 1400 showing josephus did not exagerate the eras
era 5 107 years from antiocus interfered until destruction by romans phanas hp [after caiphas in new testament not listed by name in the 28 from herod]
466+414+107= 990 years divided by 70 averaged about 14 years per high priest extending 1057 years. this challenges the talmudic tradition and josephus is the historian- therefore...
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one website claims josephus "listed" but he does not list more than 9+4.
Josephus (gives a list of) claims eighty-three high-priests from Aaron to the destruction of the Temple
in book 20
Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Book 20
and divides the history into eras
he also offers the reason for the loss of gods protection of the temple because of muderous robbers 20.8.5-6
quote
"mingling themselves among the multitude, they slew certain of their own enemies, and were subservient to other men for money; and slew others, not only in remote parts of the city, but in the temple itself also; for they had the boldness to murder men there, without thinking of the impiety of which they were guilty. And this seems to me to have been the reason why God, out of his hatred of these men's wickedness" not for this group of murderers killing the high priest- who was a VICTIM not an evil high priest as some think
era 1
in 612 years from depart/exit egypt until "solomon " built the temple [not 480 because 1 Kings has error but 612] had 13 priests
and 70 high priests from temple until the roman war "until Phanas, who was made high priest during the war"
quote:
"Accordingly, the number of all the high priests from Aaron, of whom we have spoken already, as of the first of them, until Phanas, who was made high priest during the war by the seditious, was eighty-three-
83
of whom thirteen officiated as high priests in the wilderness, from the days of Moses, while the tabernacle was standing, until the people came into Judaea, when king Solomon erected the temple to God for at the first they held the high priesthood till the end of their life, although afterward they had successors while they were alive. Now these thirteen, who were the descendants of two of the sons of Aaron, received this dignity by succession, one after another; for their form of government was an aristocracy [...] Now the number of years during the rule of these thirteen, from the day when our fathers departed out of Egypt, under Moses their leader, until the building of that temple which king Solomon erected at Jerusalem, were six hundred and twelve.
***612 years and 13 life-long high priests
jsps continues to summarize the history- in the era of the first temple 466 years 18 people were appointed high priest
quote
"After those thirteen high priests, eighteen took the high priesthood at Jerusalem, one in succession to another, from the days of king Solomon, until Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made an expedition against that city, and burnt the temple, and removed our nation into Babylon, and then took Josadek, the high priest, captive- the times of these high priests were four hundred and sixty-six years, six months, and ten days, while the Jews were still under the regal government.
***466 years and 18 high-priests
next an era with 15 hp, the 414 years from "rebuild" temple until the democratic rule ended- meaning the high priest leader was chosen by the people- to represent them [as described in war by jsps]
quote
"rebuild their temple at which time Jesus, the son of [the high priest] Josadek, took the high priesthood over the captives when they were returned home. Now he and his posterity, who were in all fifteen, until king Antiochus Eupator, were under a democratic government for four hundred and fourteen years
414 years with 15 high-priests
then king antiochus interfered and the asamoneans [in modern hebrew hashmonayim like hava=eve and kfar nahum- kparnaum]
beat the "macedonians" !! and made jonatan high priest and the family was royal kings.
quote
"But then the posterity of the sons of Asamonaeus, who had the government of the nation conferred upon them, when they had beaten the Macedonians in war, appointed Jonathan to be their high priest
under democratic meaning people choose high priest from the family of josadek who had been high priest at the time of the destruction of the temple
antiokus appointed [after 15 hp during 414 years] jaciemus
1 jaceimus
2 jonatan
3 simon
4 hyrcanus
5 judas
6 alexander both king and hp
7 hyrcanus 2
8 aristobulus fought removed h who called romans to interfere
7b h reinstated/restored
9 aristobulus 2 who king appointed, not democratic and not yet by lottery until later-
and 28 more not listed but josephus does say "twenty eight" matching
83-13=70-18=52-15=37-9=28 from herod- not listed!
