302 Ptolemy Lagus retakes Judea.
300 Simon the Just becomes high priest. He repairs the temple and strengthens the fortifications of the city.
294-280 Judea nominally a Seleucid province.
285 Ptolemy Philadelphus succeeds his father, who abdicates. The Septuagint version of the Bible begun under his patronage.
250 Onias II becomes high priest. Tries to withhold tribute from Ptolemy.
247 Ptolemy Euergetes succeeds his father.
222 Ptolemy Philopator succeeds his father.
219 In the war between Antiochus the Great and Ptolemy Philopator, Jerusalem is pillaged and the temple profaned by the latter.
217 Simon II becomes high priest.