Name Battle Beth | Date 164 BC | |
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Combatants Seleucid Empire, Hasmonean dynasty Similar Battle of Beth Zechariah, Battle of Beth Horon, Battle of Emmaus, Battle of Elasa, Maccabean Revolt | ||
The Battle of Beth Zur was fought between the Maccabees led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid Greek army led by Viceroy Lysias in 164 BC. Maccabeus won the battle, and was able to recapture Jerusalem soon after. The Jews did not fight in open terrain; they used guerrilla and hit and run tactics to slowly beat back the Seleucid army and eventually rout it.
According to 1 Enoch chapters 83-90 (the Animal Apocalypse), the battle was joined on the side of the Maccabees by an angel who had been recording the event.
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