BACCHIDES . Governor of Mesopotamia under Demetrius Soter; sent to establish Alcimus (wh. see) in the priesthood; defeated Jonathan the Maccabee, and at a later period besieged him in the fortress of Bethbasi; was finally compelled to entertain proposals for peace ( 1Ma 7:3-20; 1Ma 9:1-72; 1Ma 10:12; Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant . XII. i. XIII. i.).