Beth-Zur (also Beit Tzur, Bethsura) is a biblical site of historic and archaeological importance in the mountains of Hebron in southern Judea, now part...

The Battle of Beth Zur was fought between the Maccabees led by Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) and a Seleucid Greek army led by Regent Lysias in October...

approached Judea from the southwest through Mount Hebron and besieged Beth-zur. After Beth-zur surrendered, they continued northward toward Jerusalem, about 32...

large Seleucid army was sent to quash the revolt. After the Battle of Beth Zur in 164 BCE as well as news of the death of Antiochus IV in Persia, the...

"whatever was necessary" (supplies?) to Beth-Zur, perhaps Rhodocus was passing information on supply routes into Beth-Zur to the Seleucids. However, the narrative...

31:13) Azbuk was the father of Nehemiah, the ruler of the half-district Beth Zur, and made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as...

Simon Judas Eleazar Jonathan Antiochus IV Epiphanes Battles Ma'aleh Levona Beth Horon Emmaus Beth Zur Campaigns of 163 BC Beth Zechariah Adasa Elasa...

from the south, and besieged Beth-Zur. Judah raised the siege of the Acra and went to meet Lysias. In the Battle of Beth-zechariah, south of Bethlehem...

next event to be treated was Antiochus Eupator's siege of the fortress Beth-zur (Ant. 12.9.5/378, 1 Maccabees 6:53), dated by Zuckermann to 163/162 BCE...

towns of Bethel in the north, Mizpah, Jericho in the east, Jerusalem, Beth-Zur in the west and En-Gedi in the south. The administrative centre of the...

Simon Judas Eleazar Jonathan Antiochus IV Epiphanes Battles Ma'aleh Levona Beth Horon Emmaus Beth Zur Campaigns of 163 BC Beth Zechariah Adasa Elasa...

the Ladder of Tyre to Egypt. As strategus, Simon conquered the cities of Beth-zur and Joppa, garrisoning them with Jewish troops and built the fortress of...

Simon Judas Eleazar Jonathan Antiochus IV Epiphanes Battles Ma'aleh Levona Beth Horon Emmaus Beth Zur Campaigns of 163 BC Beth Zechariah Adasa Elasa...

the garrisons of Judea, except those at Jerusalem's Akra fortress and at Beth-zur; he also made a bid for the loyalty of Jonathan, whom he permitted to recruit...

expedition in 164 BC. Lysias's army and the Maccabees fought at the Battle of Beth Zur but it ended either inconclusively or with a minor Maccabee victory. However...

Acra in Jerusalem. Lysias's second expedition. Beth Zur is besieged again and taken. The Battle of Beth Zechariah ends in Seleucid victory. The Acra is...

recall the garrisons of Judea, except those in the City of Acre and at Beth-zur, to bolster his strength. Furthermore, he made a bid for the loyalty of...

attack on the Seleucid camp while the Seleucid forces are split. Battle of Beth Zur: Judas Maccabeus defeats the army of Lysias, and captures Jerusalem soon...

towns of Bethel in the north, Mizpah, Jericho in the east, Jerusalem, Beth-Zur in the west and En-Gedi in the south. Jerusalem being in ruins, Mizpah...

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...

Simon Judas Eleazar Jonathan Antiochus IV Epiphanes Battles Ma'aleh Levona Beth Horon Emmaus Beth Zur Campaigns of 163 BC Beth Zechariah Adasa Elasa...

the Senate can influence events in the Seleucid kingdom. The Battle of Beth Zur was fought between Jewish rebel forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid...

13 Sokho (Khirbet Abbad NW of Hebron, not the Sokoh SW of Hebron): 13 Beth Zur: 11 Arad: 9 Beginning with the editio princeps by Charles Warren in 1870...

Battle of Beth Zur Another victory of Judas Maccabaeus over the Seleucids, leading to the recapture of Jerusalem by the rebels. 162 BC Battle of Beth Zachariah...

of Wadi Haramia 167 BC Battle of Beth Horon 166 BC Battle of Emmaus 166 BC Battle of Beth Zur 164 BC Battle of Beth Zechariah 162 BC Battle of Adasa 161...

BC 25 Kislev: The Maccabees capture Jerusalem following the Battle of Beth Zur, and rededicate the Temple (see Hanukkah). The Hasmoneans take control...

of the Jordan. The Edomites also took control of most of the area up to Beth-zur. In 164 BCE, Hebron was conquered by Judas Maccabeus who destroyed the...

king, along with a reference to the 2 Maccabees version of the Battle of Beth Zur where an angel armed with a golden weapon helped send the Seleucid army...

was a member of the clan of Caleb, the son of Shammai and the father of Beth Zur. Marsena appears in Esther 1:14 as one of seven Persian and Medean princes...

Beth-horon, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon. The largest concentration of Greek troops remained at the Acra citadel in Jeruslalem, Beth-zur, and...