Crates

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

CRATES . A deputy left in charge of the citadel at Jerusalem (Acra) when the regular governor, Sostratus, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus Epiphanes, in consequence of a dispute with the high priest Menelaus ( 2Ma 4:29 ). Crates was ‘over the Cyprians’: probably he was sent to Cyprus shortly afterwards, when, in b.c. 168, Antiochus obtained possession of the island.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

( Κράτης ; Vulg. translates Praelatus est), governor of the Cyprians ( Ἐπὶ Τῶν Κ .), who was left in charge of the "castle" ( Τῆς Ἀκροπόλεως ) of Jerusalem (?) during the absence of Sostratus, in the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes ( 2 Maccabees 4:29).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

krā´tēz Κράτης Krátēs Latin Bible

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]

A Greek cynic philosopher, disciple of Diogenes; 4th century B.C.

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