Bethsura

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BETHSURA ( 1Ma 4:29; 1Ma 4:61; 1Ma 6:7; 1Ma 6:26; 1Ma 6:31; 1Ma 6:49; 1Ma 6:60; 1Ma 9:52; 1Ma 10:14; 1Ma 11:65; 1Ma 14:7 , 2Ma 13:19; 2Ma 13:22 ). The Greek form of Bethzur . In 2Ma 11:5 Bethsuron .

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(ἡ or τὰ Βαιθσαύρα ), a Graecized form (1 Maccabees 4:29; 1 Maccabees 4:61; 1 Maccabees 6:7; 1 Maccabees 6:26; 1 Maccabees 6:31; 1 Maccabees 6:49-50; 1 Maccabees 9:52; 1 Maccabees 10:14; 1 Maccabees 11:65; 1 Maccabees 14:7; 1 Maccabees 14:33; 2 Maccabees 11:5; 2 Maccabees 13:19; 2 Maccabees 13:22) of the BETH-ZUR (See Beth-Zur) (q.v.) of Judah (Joshua 15:58).