Beth-Zacharias
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beth -zak -a -rı̄´as Βαιθ-ζαχαριά , Baith - zachariá ): Here Judas Maccabeus failed in battle with Antiochus Eupator, and his brother Eleazar fell in conflict with an elephant (1 Macc 6:32ff; the King James Version "Bathzacharias"). It was a position of great strength, crowning a promontory which juts out between two deep valleys. It still bears the ancient name with little change, Beit Zakāriā . It lies about 4 miles Southwest of Bethlehem ( BR , III, 283ff; Ant , Xii , ix, 4).
