The Tobiads were a Jewish faction in Ammon at the beginning of the Hasmonean period. They were philhellene, supporters of Hellenistic Judaism, in the early years of the 2nd century BCE. What is known about the Tobiads is a combination of statements of Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews xii. 160-236) and of 2 Maccabees 3:11. There are two accounts, both legendary, the hero of the one being Joseph, and of the other, Hyrcanus.