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The Maccabees took Jerusalem and were now able to extend their authority while the main Seleucid army was distracted; only local garrisons and hostile local militias were left to stop them during the next year of 163 BC. In this time period, only Judea truly had a strong majority of Jews; many outlying regions, while having substantial Jewish ...
[19] [17] Judas's nickname "Maccabee", now used to describe the Jewish partisans as a whole, is probably taken from the word "hammer" (Aramaic: maqqaba; Hebrew: makebet); the term "Maccabee" or "Maccabeus" would later be used as an honorific for Judas's brothers as well. [20] Judas's campaign in the countryside became a full-scale revolt.
Judas Maccabaeus or Maccabeus (/ ˌ m æ k ə ˈ b iː ə s / MAK-ə-BEE-əs), also known as Judah Maccabee (Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized: Yehudah HaMakabi), [a] was a Jewish priest and a son of the priest Mattathias.
Maccabees: Seleucid Empire: 164 BCE 164 BCE Battle of Beth Zur. Part of the Maccabean Revolt. Maccabees: Seleucid Empire: 163 BCE 163 BCE Maccabee campaigns of 163 BC. Part of the Maccabean Revolt. Maccabees: Seleucid Empire: 163 BCE 163 BCE Battle of Dathema. Part of the Maccabean Revolt. Maccabees: Seleucid Empire: 162 BCE 162 BCE Battle of ...
January 14, 163 BCE (25 Kislev 148 SE) Purification of the Second Temple after the rebels take Jerusalem; the Abomination of Desolation is removed. This becomes the origin of the festival of Hanukkah. [66] 163 BCE. Maccabee campaigns of 163 BCE: The Maccabees send forces into the regions adjoining Judea. [67] [68] 163–162 BCE
Maccabee campaigns of 163 BC This page was last edited on 16 December 2021, at 21:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Harland & Wolff, the 163-year-old firm that built the Titanic, has declared itself insolvent after failing to secure funding to continue trading. Harland & Wolff, the 163-year-old firm that built ...
Year 163 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. ... Maccabee campaigns of 163 BC: The Maccabees attack nearby regions to Judea, ...