BÆAN.The name of an unknown tribe destroyed by Judas Maccabæus (1Ma_5:4).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
bē?an υἱοὶ Βαίαν, huioı́ Baı́an; the King James Version Bean; 1 Macc 5:4: A tribe mentioned only because of its malignant hatred of the Jews. Its aggressive hostility against their religion and the rebuilding of their sanctuary duplicated the conspiracy of Sanballat and his confederates against the restoration of Jerusalem and the temple in the days of Nehemiah (compare Neh_4:7, Neh_4:8). Utterly exterminated by Judas Maccabeus who burned alive, in towers, many of the imprisoned people. See MAON.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.