Battle of Beth Horon
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Battle of Beth Horon
This article is about Battle between Hasmoneans and Hellenic Seleucid Empire. For Battle between Judean rebels and the Syrian Legion of the Roman Empire, see Battle of Beth Horon (66).
| Battle of Beth Horon | |||||||
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| Part of Maccabean Revolt | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Jewish rebels | Seleucid army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Judas Maccabeus | Seron | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 men | 4,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 800 | ||||||
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The Battle of Beth Horon was fought in 166 BC[1] between Jewish forces led by Judas Maccabaeus and a Seleucid Empire force under the command of Seron.[2][better source needed]
The rebel army led by Judas Maccabeus was growing in strength. They had just inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Seleucid General Apollonius and now they faced the forces of Governor Seron, who was over-confident.[3] With Maccabeus' superior knowledge of the terrain, the rebels prepared to ambush. Seron had anticipated this and spread out his force, but the Maccabees exhibited superior tactical skill by decimating the general's leading unit and killing Seron himself.[4] With their leader dead, the shocked and disconcerted remnants of the Seleucid army took to the hills and ran.
The stubborn Seleucids refused to give up their phalanx-based tactics creating problems for them on the battlefield.
Another force was soon sent against Maccabaeus, which led to the Battle of Emmaus.
See also
- Battle of Beth Horon (66), part of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE)
Footnotes
- ^ [Mattis Kantor, "The Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia," (1989: Jason Aronson, Inc., NJ), p.83]
- ^ Josephus Antiquities Book 12 Chapter 7 paragraph 1
- ^ The Apocrypha: First Book of the Maccabees 3:15-26 [trans. Goodspeed (1959), p. 384-385] and "Judas Maccabeus, Hammer of the Jews", Military Heritage Magazine, Feb. 2009, pg. 49
- ^ "Judas Maccabeus, Hammer of the Jews", Military Heritage Magazine, Feb. 2009, pg. 50
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