OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 6:31

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They went through Idumaea, and encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and made engines of war. The Jews came out and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.

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Verse 31. Idumea. The passes on the north were probably occupied.—Bethsura lay to the south of Jerusalem. Calmet.

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