Hieronymus

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Hieronymus . A Syrian officer in command of a district of Pal. under Antiochus v. Eupator, who harassed the Jews after the withdrawal of Lysias in b.c. 165 ( 2Ma 12:2 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

( ῾Ιερώνυμος , sacred in name, Vulg. Hieronymus), a Syrian general in the time of Antiochus V. Eupator ( 2 Maccabees 12:2). The name was made distinguished among the Asiatic Greeks by Hieronymus of Cardia, the historian of Alexander's successors. Smith.

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