 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pane humwe uchapupu hunobva pakuchera matongo hwokuti zvimwe zvinhu zvakachinjwa paivakwa Temberi nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza panguva yaitonga vaHasmoneus. Salome Alexandra, mambokadzi woUmambo hweHasmonean, akagadza mwanakomana wake mukuru Hyrcanus II kuti ave mupristi mukuru weJudhiya. Mwanakomana wake muduku Aristobulus II akanga akatsunga kuva nechigaro choumambo, uye nokukurumidza apo akafa akatora chigaro choumambo. Hyrcanus, uyo aifanira kuva mambo, akabvuma kugutsikana nokuva mupristi mukuru. Antipater, gavhuna weIdumea, akakurudzira Hyrcanus kuti asasiya chigaro chake choumambo. Pakupedzisira Hyrcanus akatizira kuna Aretas III, mambo wevaNabataea, uye akadzoka neuto kuti atorezve chigaro choumambo. Akakunda Aristobulus ndokukomba Jerusarema. Mukuru mukuru weRoma Pompey, uyo akanga ari muSiria achirwisana nevaArmenia muHondo yechitatu yeMithridatic, akatuma mukuru mukuru wake kuti aongorore kurwisana kwaiitika muJudhiya. Vose vari vaviri Hyrcanus naAristobulus vakakumbira kutsigirwa naye. Pompey akanga asina kushingaira pakuita chisarudzo pamusoro peizvi, izvo zvakaita kuti Aristobulus aende. Akateverwa naPompey uye akazvipa asi vateveri vake vakavhara Jerusarema kumasimba aPompey. VaRoma vakakomba ndokutora guta racho muna 63 B.C.E. Vaprista vakapfuurira nemitoo yorudzidziso mukati meTembere mukati mokukombwa. Temberi haina kupambwa kana kukuvadzwa nevaRoma. Pompey pachake, zvichida asingazivi, akapinda muNzvimbo Tsvene Tsvene uye zuva rakatevera racho akarayira vapristi kuti vachenesezve Temberi uye vatangezve tsika dzechitendero. 