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1 Maccabees 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 They determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who were living in their midst, and they began to persecute and massacre the people. 3 Then Judas made war on the descendants of Esau at Akrabattene[a] in Idumea because they were besieging the Israelites. He inflicted on them a massive defeat, overcame them, and took their spoils. 4 He also remembered the wickedness of the sons of Baean,[b] who had proved to be a snare and a stumbling block to the people with their ambushes on the roads.
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- 1 Maccabees 5:3 Akrabattene: a region that was situated along the ancient border of Judea, southwest of the Dead Sea, and that rose from the depression to the middle of Idumea. Another possibility may be the zone of Acrabeta about eight miles southwest of Shechem.
- 1 Maccabees 5:4 Baean: probably a district in the Transjordan (Num 32:3).
