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<p> '''''dō̇''''' -'''''sith´ē̇''''' -'''''us''''' ( Δοσίθεος , <i> '''''Dosı́theos''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A captain of [[Judas]] Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:19-25); along with [[Sosipater]] he captured [[Timotheus]] after the battle of Carnion, but granted him his life and freedom on the representation that "he had in his power the parents of many of them and the brethren of some," who, if they put him to death, should "be disregarded." </p> <p> (2) A soldier in the army of Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:35); he made a special attack upon Gorgias, governor of Idumaea, the opposing general, and would have taken the "accursed man" prisoner but for the interference of a Thracian horseman. </p> <p> (3) A J ew, son of Drimylus (3 Macc 1:3) who rescued [[Ptolemy]] Philopator from a plot of Theodotus. He afterward proved an apostate from Judaism. </p> <p> (4) A L evite priest who "in the 4th year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra" carried the translation of the Book of Esther to [[Alexandria]] (Additions to Esther 11:1). </p>
<p> '''''dō̇''''' -'''''sith´ē̇''''' -'''''us''''' ( Δοσίθεος , <i> '''''Dosı́theos''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A captain of [[Judas]] Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:19-25); along with [[Sosipater]] he captured [[Timotheus]] after the battle of Carnion, but granted him his life and freedom on the representation that "he had in his power the parents of many of them and the brethren of some," who, if they put him to death, should "be disregarded." </p> <p> (2) A soldier in the army of Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:35); he made a special attack upon Gorgias, governor of Idumaea, the opposing general, and would have taken the "accursed man" prisoner but for the interference of a Thracian horseman. </p> <p> (3) A J ew, son of Drimylus (3 Macc 1:3) who rescued [[Ptolemy]] Philopator from a plot of Theodotus. He afterward proved an apostate from Judaism. </p> <p> (4) A L evite priest who "in the 4th year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra" carried the translation of the Book of Esther to [[Alexandria]] (Additions to Esther 11:1). </p>
==References ==
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<ref name="term_3131"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/dositheus Dositheus from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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