Topic
Chaereas
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- 1 Maccabees 5:6ISBE
Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.
- 1 Maccabees 5:8ISBE
And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, he returned into Judea.
- 2 Maccabees 10:32ISBE
As for Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold, called Gawra, where Chereas was governor.
- 2 Maccabees 10:37ISBE
And killed Timotheus, that was hid in a certain pit, and Chereas his brother, with Apollophanes.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
ke'-re-as (Chaireas; the King James Version Chereas): Brother of Timotheus, the Ammonite leader against Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara (the "Jazer" of 1 Macc 5:8) to which Timotheus fled from Judas. The latter pursued him and captured the fortress after a vigorous siege. In the slaughter which followed the two brothers, Chaereas and Timotheus, were killed (2 Macc 10:32,37).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.