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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50233" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50233" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Chã†Reas]] </strong> [[(Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] <strong> Chereas </strong> ) held command at the fortress of Gazara, <em> i.e. </em> probably [[Jazer]] in the trans-Jordanic territory (see 1Ma 5:6-8 ). He was slain upon the capture of [[Gazara]] by [[Judas]] Maccabæus ( 2Ma 10:32-38 ). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2123" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2123" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kē´rē̇''''' -'''''as''''' ( Χαιρέας , <i> '''''Chairéas''''' </i> ; the King James Version | <p> '''''kē´rē̇''''' -'''''as''''' ( Χαιρέας , <i> '''''Chairéas''''' </i> ; the King James Version Chereas ): [[Brother]] of Timotheus, the [[Ammonite]] leader against Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara (the "Jazer" of 1 Macc 5:8) to which [[Timotheus]] fled from Judas. The latter pursued him and captured the fortress after a vigorous siege. In the slaughter which followed the two brothers, [[Chaereas]] and Timotheus, were killed (2 Macc 10:32, 37). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31031" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31031" /> == | ||
<p> (Χαιρέας ), a brother of Timotheus, the leader of the [[Ammonites]] against | <p> (Χαιρέας ), a brother of Timotheus, the leader of the [[Ammonites]] against Judas Maccabseus ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 5:6), who held Gazara (Jazar, 1 Maccabees 5:8), where he was slain on the capture of the fortress by the [[Jews]] ( 2 Maccabees 10:32; 2 Maccabees 10:37). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 12 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Chã†Reas (Av [Note: Authorized Version.] Chereas ) held command at the fortress of Gazara, i.e. probably Jazer in the trans-Jordanic territory (see 1Ma 5:6-8 ). He was slain upon the capture of Gazara by Judas Maccabæus ( 2Ma 10:32-38 ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
kē´rē̇ -as ( Χαιρέας , Chairéas ; the King James Version Chereas ): Brother of Timotheus, the Ammonite leader against Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara (the "Jazer" of 1 Macc 5:8) to which Timotheus fled from Judas. The latter pursued him and captured the fortress after a vigorous siege. In the slaughter which followed the two brothers, Chaereas and Timotheus, were killed (2 Macc 10:32, 37).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Χαιρέας ), a brother of Timotheus, the leader of the Ammonites against Judas Maccabseus ( 1 Maccabees 5:6), who held Gazara (Jazar, 1 Maccabees 5:8), where he was slain on the capture of the fortress by the Jews ( 2 Maccabees 10:32; 2 Maccabees 10:37).
