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Seron
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Σήρων ; in Syr. and one Gr. MS. ῞Ηρων; Vulg. Seron), a general of Antiochus Epiphanes, in chief command of the Syrian army (1 Maccabees 3:13, ὁ ἄρχων τῆς δυνάμεως Συρίας ), who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas Maccabaeus (B.C. 166), as in the day when Joshua pursued the five kings "in the going down of Bethhoron" (1 Maccabees 3:24; Joshua 10:11). According to Josephus, he was the governor of Coele-Syria and fell in the battle (Ant. 12, 7,1), nor is there any reason to suppose that his statements are mere deductions from the language of 1 Macc.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Seron'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/seron.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Seron'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/seron.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
