He also remembered the wickedness of the sons of Baean: Baean is unknown. It may refer to a town or to a tribe, probably the latter. In any case, the location is also unknown. Good News Bible misses the idea of wickedness in this clause. A better model is “He also remembered the terrible things that the wicked people of the tribe called Baean had done to Jewish travelers.”

Who were a trap and a snare to the people and ambushed them on the highways may be rendered “They would lie in ambush beside the roads waiting to attack the Jews.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.