Seron
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).
