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<p> '''''bak''''' -'''''i''''' -'''''dēz''''' : ( Βακχίδης , <i> '''''Bakchı́dēs''''' </i> ): ruler over [[Mesopotamia]] and a faithful friend of both [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] and [[Demetrius]] Soter, established at the request of the latter the rulership over [[Judea]] for Alcimus, who, desiring to become high priest, had made false accusations against [[Judas]] [[Maccabee]] (1 Macc 7:8ff; Ant, Xii , x, 2). [[Bacchides]] is sent the second time to Judea after the [[Syrian]] general [[Nicanor]] was killed near [[Adasa]] and Judas Maccabee had gained control of the government (1 Macc 9:1ff; Ant, Xii , x). Bacchides after an unsuccessful battle near [[Bethbasi]] was forced to make peace with Jonathan, the brother of Judas Maccabee (1 Macc 9:58ff; Ant, Xiii , i). In 1 Macc 10:12 and 2 Macc 8:30 reference is made to the strongholds Bacchides built during his second campaign against [[Jerusalem]] (1 Macc 9:50). Compare [[Alcimus]]; [[Bethbasi]]; [[Jonathan]] Maccabee; Judas Maccabee; [[Adasa]]; [[Nicanor]] . </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49848" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> BACCHIDES </strong> . [[Governor]] of [[Mesopotamia]] under [[Demetrius]] Soter; sent to establish [[Alcimus]] (wh. see) in the priesthood; defeated [[Jonathan]] the Maccabee, and at a later period besieged him in the fortress of Bethbasi; was finally compelled to entertain proposals for peace ( 1Ma 7:3-20; 1Ma 9:1-72; 1Ma 10:12; Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant </em> . XII. i. XIII. i.). </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1623" /> == | |||
<p> '''''bak''''' -'''''i''''' -'''''dēz''''' : ( Βακχίδης , <i> '''''Bakchı́dēs''''' </i> ): ruler over [[Mesopotamia]] and a faithful friend of both [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] and [[Demetrius]] Soter, established at the request of the latter the rulership over [[Judea]] for Alcimus, who, desiring to become high priest, had made false accusations against [[Judas]] [[Maccabee]] (1 Macc 7:8ff; Ant, Xii , x, 2). [[Bacchides]] is sent the second time to Judea after the [[Syrian]] general [[Nicanor]] was killed near [[Adasa]] and Judas Maccabee had gained control of the government (1 Macc 9:1ff; Ant, Xii , x). Bacchides after an unsuccessful battle near [[Bethbasi]] was forced to make peace with Jonathan, the brother of Judas Maccabee (1 Macc 9:58ff; Ant, Xiii , i). In 1 Macc 10:12 and 2 Macc 8:30 reference is made to the strongholds Bacchides built during his second campaign against [[Jerusalem]] (1 Macc 9:50). Compare [[Alcimus]]; [[Bethbasi]]; [[Jonathan]] Maccabee; Judas Maccabee; [[Adasa]]; [[Nicanor]] . </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_22143" /> == | |||
<p> ( Βακχίδης , son of Bacchus) , a friend of [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] (Josephus, Ant. 12:10, 2) and governor of [[Mesopotamia]] ( ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, 1 [[Maccabees]] 7:8), who was commissioned by [[Demetrius]] [[Soter]] to investigate the charges which [[Alcimus]] (q.v.) preferred against [[Judas]] Maccabaeus. He confirmed Alcimus in the high-priesthood; and, having inflicted signal vengeance on the extreme party of the [[Assidaeans]] (q.v.), he returned to Antioch. After the expulsion of Alcimus and the defeat and death of Nicanor, he led a second expedition into [[Judea.]] Judas Maccabaeus fell in the battle which ensued at Laisa (B.C. 161), and [[Bacchides]] re- established the supremacy of the [[Syrian]] faction ( 1 Maccabees 9:25, οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ἄνδρες; Joseph. Ant. 13:1,1). He next attempted to surprise Jonathan, who had assumed the leadership of the national party after the death of Judas; but [[Jonathan]] escaped across the Jordan. Bacchides then placed garrisons in several important positions, and took hostages for the security of the present government. Having completed the pacification of the country (Joseph. Ant. 13:1, 5), he returned to Demetrius (B.C. 160). After two years he came back at the request of the Syrian faction, in the hope of overpowering Jonathan and Simon, who still maintained a small force in the desert; but, meeting with ill success, he turned against those who had induced him to undertake the expedition, and sought an honorable retreat. When this was known by Jonathan he sent envoys to Bacchides and concluded a peace (B.C. 158) with him, acknowledging him as governor under the Syrian king, while Bacchides pledged himself not to enter the land again, a condition which he faithfully observed ( 1 Maccabees 9:70 sq.; Joseph. Ant. 12:1, 6; 13:1; comp. 2 Maccabees 8:30). </p> <p> He must have been a different person from the Bacchides, the general of Antiochus Epiphanes in charge of the fortresses of Judaea, whom the [[Asmonaean]] priest Matthias, with his sons, slew with their daggers (Joseph. War, 1:1, 2). </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_49848"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bacchides Bacchides from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_1623"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bacchides Bacchides from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_22143"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bacchides Bacchides from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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