 The site was the location of the first Bimaristan (from Persian "Bimārestān" بیمارستان meaning "hospital") of the Knights Hospitaller.The area just south of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has a long tradition dating to the days of Judas Maccabeus (the 2nd century BC) based on incidents recorded in the Second Book of Maccabees.According to the legend, King Antiochus V proceeded to Jerusalem to punish the High Priest for plundering David's Tomb.