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beth-zak-a-rı̄´as Βαιθ-ζαχαÏιαÌ, Baith-zachariaÌ): Here Judas Maccabeus failed in battle with Antiochus Eupator, and his brother Eleazar fell in conflict with an elephant (1 Macc 6:32ff; the King James Version “Bathzachariasâ€). It was a position of great strength, crowning a promontory which juts out between two deep valleys. It still bears the ancient name with little change, Beit ZakaÌ„riaÌ„. It lies about 4 miles Southwest of Bethlehem (BR, III, 283ff; Ant, XII, ix, 4).