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Adasa

Adasa ad'-a-sa (Adasa; the King James Version Adarsa): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon (30 furlongs Ant, XII, x, 5; Macc 7:40) and a day's journey from Gazara (Macc 7:45), where Judas Maccabee defe...

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Adasa ad'-a-sa (Adasa; the King James Version Adarsa): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon (30 furlongs Ant, XII, x, 5; Macc 7:40) and a day's journey from Gazara (Macc 7:45), where Judas Maccabee defeated and killed Nicanor, a general of Demetrius (Macc 7:40 ff). The ruin of Adaseh near Gibeon (SWP, III, XVII).

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