The Battle of Beth Horon was fought in 166 BC between Jewish forces led by Judas Maccabaeus and a Seleucid force under the command of Seron. Maccabaeus gained the element of surprise and successfully routed the much large Syrian army. Another force was soon sent against Maccabaeus, which led to the Battle of Emmaus. Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 171 BC 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC - 166 BC - 165 BC 164 BC 163... Judas Maccabeus (also called Judah the Maccabee) was the third son of the Jewish priest Mathathias. ... The Battle of Emmaus took place in 166 BCE between the Hasmonean rebels of Judea, led by Judas Maccabeus and the third expedition of Hellenist forces sent by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, this time led by Lysias and his general, Gorgias. ...
In the battle of Marduk with Tiamat, "he (Marduk) created the evil wind, and the tempest, and the hurricane, and the fourfold wind, and the sevenfold wind, and the whirlwind, and the wind which had no equal."
In getting back to Marduk, we find that in his battle with Tiamat, mother of the gods, he killed her and when he became the most powerful of all things he set about to create order in the universe.
During the fifty-two years between the catastrophe of the Exodus and the time of Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still at the battle of Beth-horon, the Earth was shrouded in dense clouds and the observation of the stars was difficult.
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