165 BC · AM 3839 · Intertestamental

Judas defeats Lysias at Beth-zur

Lysias advanced toward Judea with another large army, but Judas met him near Beth-zur and forced him to withdraw. The road to Jerusalem and the occupied sanctuary now lay open.

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