“Gorgias, the commander of Idumaea, can well bear the figure of the Devil, who, always delighting in bloody and blood-stained activity, nevertheless sometimes imitates the appearance of virtues, though he himself through vices diligently fights against virtues. Therefore, deceiving by cunning any of the simple ones fro…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 2 Maccabees
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32And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,
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30But when the Jews that dwelt there had testified that the Scythopolitans dealt lovingly with them, and entreated them kindly in the time of their adversity;
31They gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still unto them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks approaching.
— 2 Maccabees 12:32 —
33Who came out with three thousand men of foot and four hundred horsemen.
34And it happened that in their fighting together a few of the Jews were slain.