BASCAMA, the same probably as 1 Macc. xiii. 23. Judg. i. 4, 5, 6. Josh. xv. 39.Bezek or Boskath in the Tribe of Judah. See Basca. Bezek was not far from Bethsan, where they who went into the land of Gilead passed the Jordan. Tryphon having killed Jonathan at Bascama, immediately returned into Syria. Read 1 Macc. xiii. 22, 23, 24. in the Greek.
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