Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of a fortress in gilead to which the jews fled when hard pressed by timotheus of ammon”. Today it says “name of a fortress in gilead to which the local jews fled when hard pressed by timothy of ammon during the macc”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Judas Maccabeus pursuing Timotheus, by Gustave Doré”. It now reads “Fortress in Gilead Judas Maccabeus pursuing Timotheus, by Gustave Doré”.
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Fortress in Gilead Judas Maccabeus pursuing Timotheus, by Gustave Doré Dathema or Diathema was the name of a fortress in Gilead to which the local Jews fled when hard pressed by Timothy of Ammon during the Maccabee campaigns of 163 BC in the Maccabean Revolt . There they shut themselves in, prepared for a siege , and sent to Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) for aid. Dathema was one of many places in a similar plight, and seems, from the description of it, to have been strongly enough fortified to necessitate "an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war " to take it. Judas attacked in three divisions, drove off Timotheus, killed eight thousand of the enemy, and saved the city. The Peshitta reads "Rametha," from which George Adam Smith infers that it was perhaps Ramath Gilead . Conder suggests the modern Dameh on the southern border of the Lejah district. In James Hastings (ed.). A Dictionary of the Bible .
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Dathema or Diathema was the name of a fortress in Gilead to which the Jews fled when hard pressed by Timotheus of Ammon . There they shut themselves in, prepared for a siege , and sent to Judas Maccabeus for aid ( I Maccabees v. 9-11). Dathema was one of many places in a similar plight, and seems, from the description of it, to have been strongly enough fortified to necessitate "an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war " to take it. Judas attacked in three divisions, drove off Timotheus, killed eight thousand of the enemy, and saved the city (I Macc. v. 29-34). Conder suggests the modern Dameh on the southern border of the Lejah district. It can not, however, be positively identified. In James Hastings (ed.). A Dictionary of the Bible . I. pp. page 560. : |pages= has extra text ( help ) ; Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= ( help )
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Dathema or Diathema was the name of a fortress in Gilead to which the Jews fled when hard pressed by Timotheus of Ammon . There they shut themselves in, prepared for a siege , and sent to Judas Maccabeus for aid ( 1 Maccabees 5:9–11 ). Dathema was one of many places in a similar plight, and seems, from the description of it, to have been strongly enough fortified to necessitate "an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war " to take it. Judas attacked in three divisions, drove off Timotheus, killed eight thousand of the enemy, and saved the city ( 1 Maccabees 5:29–34 ). Conder suggests the modern Dameh on the southern border of the Lejah district. It can not, however, be positively identified. In James Hastings (ed.). A Dictionary of the Bible . I. pp. page 560. : |pages= has extra text ( help ) ; Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= ( help )
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Judas Maccabeus pursuing Timotheus, by Gustave Doré Dathema or Diathema was the name of a fortress in Gilead to which the Jews fled when hard pressed by Timotheus of Ammon .There they shut themselves in, prepared for a siege , and sent to Judah Maccabee for aid . Dathema was one of many places in a similar plight, and seems, from the description of it, to have been strongly enough fortified to necessitate "an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war " to take it. Judah attacked in three divisions, drove off Timotheus, killed eight thousand of the enemy, and saved the city . The Peshitta reads "Rametha," from which George Adam Smith infers that it was perhaps Ramath Gilead . Conder suggests the modern Dameh on the southern border of the Lejah district. In James Hastings (ed.). A Dictionary of the Bible .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of a fortress in gilead to which the jews fled when hard pressed by timotheus of ammon”. Today it says “name of a fortress in gilead to which the local jews fled when hard pressed by timothy of ammon during the macc”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Judas Maccabeus pursuing Timotheus, by Gustave Doré”. It now reads “Fortress in Gilead Judas Maccabeus pursuing Timotheus, by Gustave Doré”. Read the current article and compare.
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name of a fortress in gilead to which the jews fled when hard pressed by timotheus of ammon
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name of a fortress in gilead to which the local jews fled when hard pressed by timothy of ammon during the macc
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