| I Maccabees 5:26
| And that many of them were shut up in Barasa, and in Bosor, and in Alima, and in Casphor, and in Mageth, and in Carnaim; all these strong and great cities.
| Barasa; probably the Bozra of Moab. Greek, "Bosorra." (Jos.[Josephus?]) --- Bosor means a fortress. It is not wonderful that there should be many places of this name in Arabia, to defend the people from robbers. --- Alima; Elim, or Almon, Isaias 15:8. --- Casphor, or rather Casbon, (ver. 36.) the famous Hesebon, Numbers 21:26. (Calmet) --- Mageth, or Machati; (Grotius) though it seems too far off, Deuteronomy 3:14. --- Carnaim, "horns," being sacred to the moon, (Calmet) called Astaroth, Genesis 14:5. (Haydock) --- Strabo styles it Carna.
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