1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Maccabees 12:32 And after Pentecost they marched against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea.

Gorgias, who had been twice defeated, 2 Machabees 10:14., and 1 Machabees 4:1. (Worthington) --- Idumea. Grotius would read Jamnia. But he might govern the southern parts of Juda, (Calmet) then occupied by the Idumeans. (Haydock)