SERON.A Syrian commander defeated by Judas Maccabæus at Beth-horon (1Ma_3:18; 1Ma_3:23 f.).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
sē?ron (Σήρων, Sḗrōn): ?The commander of the host of Syria? of Antiochus Epiphanes, who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas in 166 BC (1 Macc 3:13 ff). Not a Greek name; ?perhaps it represents the Phoenician Hiram? (Rawlinson, at the place).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Σήρων; in Syr. and one Gr. MS. ῞Ηρων; Vulg. Seron), a general of Antiochus Epiphanes, in chief command of the Syrian army (1Ma_3:13, ὁ ἄρχων τῆς δυνάμεως Συρίας), who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas Maccabaeus (B.C. 166), as in the day when Joshua pursued the five kings in the going down of Bethhoron (1Ma_3:24; Jos_10:11). According to Josephus, he was the governor of Coele-Syria and fell in the battle (Ant. 12, 7,1), nor is there any reason to suppose that his statements are mere deductions from the language of 1 Macc.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.