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Berœa

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Identified with the modern Haleb or ALEPPO, the scene of the death of Menelaus, who was killed by being smothered in ashes in one of its towers said to be 55 cubits in height (II Macc. 13:4).

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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Berœa'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​b/beraa.html. 1901.
 
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