OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 11:34

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We have confirmed therefore to them the borders of Judea, and also the three governments of Aphaerema, Lydda, and Ramathaim (these were added to Judea from the country of Samaria), and all their territory to them, for all who do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the king’s dues which the king received of them yearly before from the produce of the earth and the fruits of trees.

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Verse 34. Apherema. This city is specified in Greek Bible.—Syriac styles it Aphrem: probably a town of Ephraim; (John 11:54) perhaps Ephra, where Gedeon was born. Judges 6:11.—Lyda, or Dospolis. Calmet.

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