Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Machairous: a fort of Judaea, as Josephos says in his Jewish Antiquities and Jewish War. The ethnonym ought to have been 'Hierichountios'. But he himself says 'Machairitas'.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Μαχαιροῦς, φρούριον τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ὡς Ἰώσηπος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὤφειλεν ὡς Ἱεριχούντιος. αὐτὸς δὲ Μαχαιρίτας αὐτούς φησι.
Ἐπικνημιδίων, λέγεται καὶ Ὀπόεις. ἔστι καὶ Ὀποῦς πόλις Ἀχαΐας καὶ τῆς Ἠλείας ἄλλη. Σιδαροῦς πόλις Λυκίας καὶ λιμήν. Μαχαιροῦς φρούριον τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ὡς Ἰώσηπος. Τραπεζοῦς πόλις πρὸς τῷ Εὐξείνῳ πόντῳ· ἔστι καὶ Ἀρκαδίας πόλις Τραπεζοῦς ἀπὸ Τραπεζοῦντος παιδὸς Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ ( 3, 3). ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πλησίον τοῦ Ἀραβικοῦ κόλπου. Σολοῦς πόλις Σικελίας, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. …