Lelo, ni mu kuteka kwa mwaice wakwe Alexander Jannaeus, uwatekele ukufuma mu 103-76 B.C.E., e lintu ubuteko bwa bena Hasimonani bwakosele sana.

Alexander Jannaeus akene icipope ca kubalilapo no kuisonta umwine ukuba shimapepo mukalamba kabili imfumu. Ifikansa fyalipo pa bena Hasimonani na baFarise fyalilumine ica kuti fyalengele kwaba inkondo ya bana calo umo abaYuda 50,000 baipaiwe. Ilyo iyi nkondo yapwile, Jannaeus apashenye ishamfumu ishisenshi, no kupopela bacipondoka 800. Ilyo balefwa, abakashi na bana babo baipaiwe mu menso yabo, ninshi Jannaeus ali pa mutebeto pa lwalala na bakanakashi bakwe.b

Nangu line apatile abaFarise, Jannaeus aliitumpile mu bupolitiki. Alimwene ukuti abali ku lubali lwa baFarise balefulilako. Ilyo alefwa, aebele umukashi wakwe Salome Alexandra ukuti afwile ukuteka pamo na baFarise. Jannaeus asalile umukashi wakwe ukupyana pa bufumu bwakwe ukucila abana bakwe.