Beth-Zacharias
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Beth-Zacharias ( 1Ma 6:32-33 ). A village on the mountain pass, south of Jerusalem and west of Bethlehem, now the ruin Beit Sakaria . It was the scene of the defeat of Judas Maccabæus by Lysias.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
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).
