Onias I

Onias I (Hebrew: חוֹנְיוֹ, romanized: Ḥonyo; a.k.a. Honiyya or Honio ben Jaddua) was the son of the Jaddua mentioned in Nehemiah 12:11.^[1] According to Josephus, this Jaddua is said to have been a contemporary of Alexander the Great (r. 336–323–  BCE).^[2] "Josephus is ... mistaken in placing it in the time of Onias III instead of Onias I, who was high priest c. 300 [BCE]".^{[3][full citation needed]} I Maccabees regards Onias as a contemporary of the Spartan king Areus I (309–265 BCE).^[4]

Onias II from Nuremberg Chronicles (1493)

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.^{[clarification needed]}