Arbatta

A region south of the Esdraelon Valley in the southwest corner of Galilee. The residents were threatened by non-Jewish forces of Ptolemais, Tyre, and Sidon (1 Maccabees 5:15). They sent for help by letter from Judas Maccabeus, and Judas sent his brother Simon with 3,000 men. They rescued the Galileans and "led them into Judea with great rejoicing" (1 Maccabees 5:23).