Bascama
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
BASCAMA . An unknown town of Gilead ( 1Ma 13:23 ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
bas´ka -ma ( Βασκαμά , Baskamá (1 Macc 13:23)): A town located in the country of Gilead, where Tryphon slew Jonathan, the son of Absalom. Compare Jonathan (Apocrypha).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( ἡ Βασκαμά, Josephus Βασκά ), a place in Gilead where Jonathan Maccabaeus was killed by Trypho, and from which his bones were afterward disinterred and conveyed to Modin by his brother Simon ( 1 Maccabees 13:23; Joseph. Ant. 13:6, 6). Schwarz supposes it to be the Talmudical Bashkar ( בִּשְׁכָּר ) or Basgar ( בִּסְגָּר ) "of Arabia" ( Palest. p. 236, 237). The route of the Syrian murderer is given with so much confusion (see Fritzsche, in loc.) that some have even supposed the Bozkath of Judah to be meant.
