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Dessau

A village in Judea where Judas Maccabeus led the Jews in an attack against the forces of Nicanor (2 Maccabees 14:16). Nicanor was a Syrian officer under the command of Lysias.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject

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