Bascama

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Bascama . An unknown town of Gilead ( 1Ma 13:23 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

( 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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

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).

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