This provoked a revolt during which the Maccabees shook off Seleucid rule and set up the Hasmonaean dynasty. * At the same time, the scribes and the Pharisees  - leaders of the masses who backed the revolt -  gained power in state administration at the expense of the priestly class.
Seno se ne sa dira gore go nne le botsuolodi jo mo go jone Bamakabise ba neng ba tlosa puso ya Ba-Seleucus mme ba tlhoma ya losika lwa Baheshemone. * Ka yone nako eo, bakwadi le Bafarasai - baeteledipele ba boidiidi jo bo neng bo tshegetsa botsuolodi jono - ba ne ba nna le maatla a go tsamaisa naga mme setlhopha seo sa baperesiti sone sa latlhegelwa ke taolo.