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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]

(Apocrypha) (Codex Vaticanus, Ἀβεσσάλωμος , Abessálōmos and Abessalō̇m  ; Codex Alexandrinus, Absálōmos  ; the King James Version Absalon ):

(1) Father of Mattathias, a captain of the Jewish army (1 Macc 11:70; Ant , Xiii , v, 7).

(2) Father of Jonathan who was sent by Simon Maccabee to take possession of Joppa; perhaps identical with Absalom (1) (1 Macc 13:11; Ant , Xiii , vi, 4).

(3) One of two envoys of the Jews, mentioned in a letter sent by Lysias to the Jewish nation (2 Macc 11:17).

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