Chaereas
Chaereas
(), a brother of Timotheus, the leader of the Ammonites against Judas Maccabseus (1Ma 5:6), who held Gazara (Jazar, 1Ma 5:8), where he was slain on the capture of the fortress by the Jews (2Ma 10:32; 2Ma 10:37).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chaereas
CHREAS (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Chereas) held command at the fortress of Gazara, i.e. probably Jazer in the trans-Jordanic territory (see 1Ma 5:6-8). He was slain upon the capture of Gazara by Judas Maccabus (2Ma 10:32-38).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Chaereas
kere-as (, Chaireas; the King James Version Chereas): Brother of Timotheus, the Ammonite leader against Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara (the Jazer of 1 Macc 5:8) to which Timotheus fled from Judas. The latter pursued him and captured the fortress after a vigorous siege. In the slaughter which followed the two brothers, Chaereas and Timotheus, were killed (2 Macc 10:32, 37).