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“Those of the Jews called Hasidaeans, whose leader is Judas Maccabaeus, keep up war and are seditious, not allowing the kingdom to find tranquillity.
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Verse 6–11. Assideans: the most zealous defenders of the faith. Alcimus had slain sixty of them. 1 B. 7:12. 19. Calmet.—This description, given by enemies through malice, serves to shew the zeal and sincerity of these people in promoting God’s law and virtue.—Him. See 1 B. 7:26. Worthington.—Alcimus was guilty of much falsehood. He was not of the family to which the high priesthood belonged, and he had rendered himself unworthy of it. verse 3, 7.
That is, Chasidim.
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