2 Maccabees 12:33
“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…”
Source: Septuagint
33who came out with three thousand men of foot and four hundred horsemen.
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31they gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still unto them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks approaching.
32And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,
— 2 Maccabees 12:33 —
34And it happened that in their fighting together a few of the Jews were slain.
35At which time Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking hold of his coat drew him by force; and when he would have taken that cursed man alive, a horseman of Thrace coming upon him smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa.