<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMiongoni mwa watu wa ukoo wa Makabeo, ambao walikuwa wafalme wa ukoo wa Wasamoni, kulikuwa na jamii ya Wayahudi iliyokuwa na eneo la mbali kutoka Negebu hadi Galilaya.  <response>: The Hasmonean dynasty, descendants of the Maccabee family, ruled an independent Jewish Commonwealth that stretched from the Negev to the Galilee. 