OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 7:19

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Bacchides withdrew from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bezeth. He sent and seized many of the deserters who were with him, and some of the people, and he killed them, throwing them into a large pit.

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Verse 19. Bethzecha. Greek “Beseth,” or Bethsetta, near the great plain. Hence Bacchides intended to return.

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