Adida
Adida
(, Josephus also or , probably of Hebrew origin; Vulg. Addus), a fortified town in the tribe of Judah (1Ma 12:38), which Simon Maccabaeus set up in Sephela ( ), and made it strong with bolts and bars. Eusebius (Onomast. s.v.) says that Sephela was the name given in his time to the open country about Eleutheropolis (see Reland, Paloest. p. 187). This Adida is probably the Adida over against the plain, where Simon Maccabaeus encamped to dispute the entrance into Judaea of Tryphon, who had treacherously seized on Jonathan at Ptolemais (1Ma 13:13). Josephus (Ant. 13, 6, 4) adds that this Adida was upon a hill, before which lay the plains of Judaea. It is scarcely (see Reland, Paloest. p. 546) the same as Adithaim (Jos 15:36), but may be the ancient Adatha ( of Eusebius, Onomast. s.v. v) and the modern Eddis (Schwarz, Palest. p. 102), near Gaza. SEE ADITHAIM. It was apparently here that Aretas defeated Alexander (Josephus, Ant. 13, 15, 2). Lightfoot, however, contrives to multiply the place mentioned in the Maccabees and Josephus into four or five different towns (see Chorog. Decad. 3). Another place of the name of Adida, mentioned by Josephus (War, 4, 9, 1) as having been garrisoned by Vespasian, is thought by Cellarius (Geogr. Ant. p. 338) to have been near Jericho; but Reland (Paloest. p. 546) argues that it was precisely in the opposite direction from Jerusalem, perhaps identical with the HADID SEE HADID (q.v.) of Ezr 2:32.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Adida
ADIDA.A town in the Shephelah (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. XIII. vi. 5) fortified by Simon the Hasmonan (1Ma 12:38; 1Ma 13:13). See Hadid.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Adida
adi-da (, Adida). A town of the Benjamin tribe near Lod and Ono located upon a hill facing the plain country of Judea, rebuilt and fortified by Simon Maccabee (1 Macc 12:38), who later encamped here to meet the army of Tryphon (1 Macc 13:13; Ant, XIII, vi, 5). It was also here that Aretas, king of Arabia, met Alexander Janneus in battle and defeated him (Ant., XIII, xv, 2). Perhaps the El-Hadtheh of today located about three miles east of Lydda or Lod. See HADID.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Adida
Adida, a fortified town in the tribe of Judah. In 1Ma 12:38, we read that Simon Maccabaeus set up ‘Adida in Saphela, and made it strong with bolts and bars.’ Eusebius says that Sephela was the name given in his time to the open country about Eleutheropolis. And this Adida in Sephela is probably the same which is mentioned in the next chapter (1Ma 13:13) as ‘Adida over against the plain,’ where Simon Maccabaeus encamped to dispute the entrance into Judea of Tryphon, who had treacherously seized on Jonathan at Ptolemais. In the parallel passage Josephus (Antiq. xiii. 6, 5) adds that this Adida was upon a hill, before which lay the plains of Judea. One of the places which Josephus calls Adida (Bell. Jud. iv. 9, 1) appears to have been near the Jordan, and was probably the Hadid of Ezr 2:33.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Adida
Ad’ida. A fortified town near Jerusalem, probably the Hadid of Ezr 2:33 and referred to in 1Ma 12:38.