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Menelaus

MENELAUS, otherwise called Onias IV. He succeeded Jason in the sovereign Priesthood of the Jews, and had Alcimus for his Successor. He was created in 3832, and put to Death ten Years after in 3842, before Christ 158, before the Vulgar Æra 162. We shall speak of him more at large under the Article ONIAS IV.

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