John Hyrcanus (Yohanan Girhan; Yohanan Hyrcanus – יוחנן הורקנוס, Ιωάννης Υρκανός) (reigned 134–104 BC, died 104 BC) was a Hasmonean (Maccabeean) leader of the 2nd century BC.
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