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Esdris

Esdris was an army officer under Judas Maccabeus (2 Maccabees 12:36). Some Greek texts and the King James Version use the name Gorgias instead. Gorgias may refer either to a place or to a person.

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

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