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During 163 BC, the main Seleucid armies composed of Greeks were elsewhere, so the Maccabees were free to expand their influence against their neighbors. The Maccabees did not in general hold the territory they fought in during this period, but rather engaged in raids on opposing power centers and retributive attacks on anti-Jewish populations.
[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.
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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 Beth Zechariah. Part of the Maccabean Revolt. Maccabees: Seleucid Empire: 161 BCE 161 BCE Battle of Adasa. Part of the ...
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
The Maccabees campaign in outlying regions against Timothy of Ammon and others. (~163 BC) Chapter 11: Lysias leads a military expedition to Judea. Judas defeats him at the Battle of Beth Zur. Four documents detailing negotiations with Lysias and the Roman Republic. (~160s BC)
The Maccabees participated in a number of campaigns across greater Palestine while the Seleucid government was concerned with internal politics in the capital. Around April 162 BC (Year 150 of the Ancient Macedonian calendar ), Judas laid siege to the Acra, attempting to eradicate the most prominent symbol of Seleucid power in Judea. [ 2 ]
The non-Jewish Idumeans, Samaritans, and Greek residents of coastal towns would go on to cause quite a bit of trouble for the Maccabees as the Maccabean Revolt proceeded, forcing Judas and his army to protect Jews in the outlying areas and escort them to Judea as refugees during the campaigns of 163 BC. [2]