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The Edomites were converted under the King High Priest John Hyrcanus. He reconquored areas surrounding Judea after the weakening of the Seleucids, and forced them to adopt the customs of the israelites, among these people were the Samaritans, ironically. In order to co quor, Hyrcanus hired a Mercinary army, as did the jews centuries later in Carthage, and in the process he came into possession of a large population of Edomites, who later converted and intermarried with the Israelites, such as they were. After the Herods, an edomite family whose males bred with jewish women, had Hyrcanus assassinated, they took control of the throne and became the Herodians, who you see attempting to kill Jesus "in the bible.

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For annotated reference, see

Berlin, Adele (2011). The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Oxford University Press. p. 330. ISBN 9780199730049. John Hyrcanus I, who embarked upon further territorial conquests, forcing the non-Jewish populations of the conquered regions to adopt the Jewish way of life and destroying the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim..
Jonathan Bourgel (2016). "The Destruction of the Samaritan Temple by John Hyrcanus: A Reconsideration". Journal of Biblical Literature. 135 (153/3). Society of Biblical Literature: 505. doi:10.15699/jbl.1353.2016.3129