Onias I

Onias I (Hebrew: חוניו ; Honiyya or Honio ben Jaddua) was the son of the Jaddua mentioned in Nehemiah.^[1] According to Josephus, this Jaddua is said to have been a contemporary of Alexander the Great (reigned 336-323 BCE).^[2] I Maccabees regards Onias as a contemporary of the Spartan king Areus I (309-265 BCE).^[3] "Josephus is ... mistaken in placing it in the time of Onias III instead of Onias I, who was high priest c. 300 B.C. (cf. Ant. xi. 347)."^[4]

Simon the Just extolled in the Wisdom of Sirach^[5] (according to the Hebrew text the son of Jonathan, but according to the Greek text the son of Onias) and in legend was probably the son of Onias I or, according to some, of the latter's grandson Onias II.

^ Nehemiah xii. 11
^ Jewish Antiquities xi. 8, § 7
^ I Macc. xii. 7, 8, 20
^ Antiquities of the Jews xii. 225, Loeb note (e)
^ Sirach Chapter 50

[1] Nehemiah xii. 11

[2] Jewish Antiquities xi. 8, § 7

[3] I Macc. xii. 7, 8, 20

[4] Antiquities of the Jews xii. 225, Loeb note (e)

[5] Sirach Chapter 50

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