Thesaurus
Gazara... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
GAZARA. ga-za'-ra (
Gazara, Gazera): A fortress
of great strength in Judea, which figures often in the Maccabean wars.
.../g/gazara.htm - 7kGezer (14 Occurrences)
... Judas pursued Gorgias to "Gazara and into the plains of Idumaea and Azotis and Jamnia"
(1 Maccabees 4:15); Bacchides, after his defeat by Jonathan, "fortified ...
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Timotheus (24 Occurrences)
... Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 5:6;, 34;; 2 Maccabees 8:30; 9:03; 10:24; 19:2, 18;) in
165-163 BC According to 2 Maccabees 10:37, he was slain at Gazara after having ...
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Gazah (16 Occurrences)
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Jabneh (1 Occurrence)
... the port and navy of Jabneel (2 Maccabees 12:8-9). It was taken by Simon in 142
BC (Josephus, Ant, XIII, vi, 7; BJ, I, ii, 2), together with Gazara and Joppa ...
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Jabneel (2 Occurrences)
... the port and navy of Jabneel (2 Maccabees 12:8-9). It was taken by Simon in 142
BC (Josephus, Ant, XIII, vi, 7; BJ, I, ii, 2), together with Gazara and Joppa ...
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Gazera
... GAZERA. ga-ze'-ra (Gazera): (1) A fortress of Judea (APC 1Macc 4:15; 7:45); in the
Revised Version (British and American) always GAZARA (which see). ...
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Gazathite (1 Occurrence)
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Chaereas
... the King James Version Chereas): Brother of Timotheus, the Ammonite leader against
Judas Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara (the "Jazer ...
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Adasa
... James Version Adarsa): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon (30 furlongs
Ant, XII, x, 5; 1 Maccabees 7:40) and a day's journey from Gazara (1 Maccabees 7 ...
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