Difference between revisions of "Seron"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60135" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60135" /> == | ||
<p> (Σήρων '';'' in Syr. and one Gr. MS. ῞Ηρων; Vulg. [[Seron]] )'','' a general of [[Antiochus]] Epiphanes, in chief command of the Syrian army ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 3:13, | <p> ( '''''Σήρων''''' '';'' in Syr. and one Gr. MS. '''''῞Ηρων''''' ; Vulg. [[Seron]] ) '','' a general of [[Antiochus]] Epiphanes, in chief command of the Syrian army ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 3:13, '''''Ὁ''''' '''''Ἄρχων''''' '''''Τῆς''''' '''''Δυνάμεως''''' '''''Συρίας''''' ) '','' who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas Maccabaeus (B.C. 166), as in the day when Joshua pursued the five kings "in the going down of Bethhoron" ( 1 Maccabees 3:24; Joshua 10:11). According to Josephus, he was the governor of [[Coele-Syria]] and fell in the battle ( ''Ant.'' 12, 7,1), nor is there any reason to suppose that his statements are mere deductions from the language of 1 Macc. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7884" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7884" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:18, 15 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Seron . A Syrian commander defeated by Judas Maccabæus at Beth-horon ( Malachi 3:18 Malachi 3:18; 1Ma 3:23 f.).
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) Alt. of Seroon
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Σήρων ; in Syr. and one Gr. MS. ῞Ηρων ; Vulg. Seron ) , a general of Antiochus Epiphanes, in chief command of the Syrian army ( 1 Maccabees 3:13, Ὁ Ἄρχων Τῆς Δυνάμεως Συρίας ) , who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas Maccabaeus (B.C. 166), as in the day when Joshua pursued the five kings "in the going down of Bethhoron" ( 1 Maccabees 3:24; Joshua 10:11). According to Josephus, he was the governor of Coele-Syria and fell in the battle ( Ant. 12, 7,1), nor is there any reason to suppose that his statements are mere deductions from the language of 1 Macc.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
sē´ron ( Σήρων , Sḗrōn ): "The commander of the host of Syria" of Antiochus Epiphanes, who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas in 166 Bc ( 1 Maccabees 3:13 ff). Not a Greek name; "perhaps it represents the Phoenician Hiram" (Rawlinson, at the place).
