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Coming into Judea and approaching Bethsuron, which was a strong place and about five stadia away from Jerusalem, he pressed it hard.
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Verse 5. Narrow. Greek “secure.” Prot. “strong town.”—Furlongs. Greek “schœnus,” ( Bible.) 625 paces. Yet Eusebius and S. Jerom say it was twenty miles distant, towards Hebron, (Joshua 15:58) which seems more accurate. Calmet.—Some figure may easily have been changed. Bible.
One stadia was roughly 189 meters or 618 feet, so 5 stadia was about a little less than 1 km or a little more than half a mile.
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