OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 12:31

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Then Jonathan turned toward the Arabians, who are called Zabadaeans, and struck them, and took their spoils.

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Verse 31. Zabadeans. No nation of this name is known; whence most people read “Nabatheans,” after Josephus. They had been allies of the Jews, but perhaps took part with Demetrius. Calmet.

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