Found 22 Results for: Bacchides
When they joined battle, Jonathan raised his arm to strike Bacchides, but Bacchides backed away from him. (1 Maccabees 9, 47)
A thousand men on Bacchides' side fell that day. (1 Maccabees 9, 49)
On returning to Jerusalem, Bacchides built strongholds in Judea: the Jericho fortress, as well as Emmaus, Beth-horon, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls and gates and bars. (1 Maccabees 9, 50)
Seeing that Alcimus was dead, Bacchides returned to the king, and the land of Judah was quiet for two years. Bacchides and Jonathan (1 Maccabees 9, 57)
Then all the transgressors of the law held a council and said: "Jonathan and his companions are living in peace and security. Now then, let us have Bacchides return, and he will capture all of them in a single night." (1 Maccabees 9, 58)
When Bacchides was setting out with a large force, he sent letters secretly to all his allies in Judea, telling them to seize Jonathan and his companions. They were not able to do this, however, because their plot became known. (1 Maccabees 9, 60)
When Bacchides learned of this, he gathered together his whole force and sent word to those who were in Judea. (1 Maccabees 9, 63)
They fought against Bacchides, and he was beaten. This caused him great distress. Because the enterprise he had planned came to nought, (1 Maccabees 9, 68)
The foreigners in the strongholds that Bacchides had built, took flight; (1 Maccabees 10, 12)
They also challenged the forces of Timothy and Bacchides, killed more than twenty thousand of them, and captured some very high fortresses. They divided the enormous plunder, allotting half to themselves and the rest to the persecuted, to orphans, widows, and the aged. (2 Maccabees 8, 30)