Caspin

Caspin was a town east of the Jordan River. It was probably the same place as Chaspho (1 Maccabees 5:26, 36). Ancient and modern experts do not fully agree on the location. The Jewish historian Josephus identifies Caspin with Maked (2 Maccabees 12:13). In 1 Maccabees 5:24–36, Judas and Jonathan Maccabeus led their army into the region called Transjordan (across the Jordan River). There Judas “took Chaspho, Maked, and Bosor, and the other cities of Gilead” (verse 36, Revised Standard Version).