1 Maccabees 5:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 (A)Then Judas attacked the Edomites[a] at Akrabattene in Idumea, because they were blockading Israel; he dealt them a heavy blow, humbled and despoiled them. 4 He also remembered the malice of the Baeanites,[b] who had become a snare and a stumbling block to the people by ambushing them along the roads. 5 He forced them to take refuge in towers, which he besieged; he put them under the ban and burned down their towers along with all who were in them.
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- 5:3 Edomites: lit., “sons of Esau”; here a pejorative term for the Idumeans. Cf. also 5:65. Akrabattene: either a district southwest of the Dead Sea or on the eastern border of Judea and Samaria.
- 5:4 Baeanites: 2 Mc 10:15–23 calls them simply Idumeans.
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