CAPHARSALAMA

kaf-ar-sal'-a-ma, kaf-ar-sala'-ma (Chapharsalama): The site of an indecisive skirmish between Judas Maccabeus and Nicanor, an officer of the king of Syria and governor of Judea. The situation cannot be precisely fixed but it must have been in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, for Nicanor, after losing 5,000 men, retired with the remainder to "the city of David" (1 Maccabees 7:26-32). The first part of the word, "Caphar," means village or hamlet; the last part has been identified with Siloam and also with Khirbet Deir Sellam, about 12 1/2 miles West of Jerusalem.

How Bacchides, the General of Demetrius's Army, Made an Expedition ...
... war with him, and gathered his army together, and prepared for fighting him; and
upon joining battle with him at a certain village called Capharsalama, he beat ...
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Capharsalama
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CAPHARSALAMA. kaf-ar-sal'-a-ma,
kaf-ar-sala'-ma (Chapharsalama): The site of an indecisive skirmish ...
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Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... Then followed the battle of Capharsalama ("village of peace"), in which the Syrians
were defeated, though Josephus (Ant., XII, x, 5) says Judas was defeated. ...
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Demetrius (3 Occurrences)
... win by guile, but Judas saw through his treachery, and Nicanor was forced to fight
openly, suffering two signal defeats, the first at Capharsalama (1 Maccabees ...
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Caphenatha
Caphenatha. Capharsalama, Caphenatha. Caphira . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ...
See CHAPHENATHA. Capharsalama, Caphenatha. Caphira . Reference Bible.
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Caph (1 Occurrence)

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Maccabaeus
... The victory over Nicanor first at Capharsalama and later (161 BC) at Adasa near
Beth-horon, in which engagement Nicanor was slain, was the greatest of Judas ...
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Asmoneans
... In the ensuing battle at Capharsalama he was defeated and compelled to fall back
on Jerusalem and thence on Beth-horon, where Judas attacked, again defeated ...
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Maccabees
... The victory over Nicanor first at Capharsalama and later (161 BC) at Adasa near
Beth-horon, in which engagement Nicanor was slain, was the greatest of Judas ...
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