Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: In order to carry out this project the Hasmonean kings conquered ( and forcibly converted to Judaism ) the one-time Moabites , Edomites and Ammonites , as well as the lost kingdom of Israel .
Simplified: In order to carry out this project the Hasmoneans forcibly converted to Judaism the one-time Moabites , Edomites and Ammonites , as well as the lost kingdom of Israel .