Adasa
Adasa
(), a village of Judaea, where Judas the Maccabee slew the Assyrian general Nicanor (1Ma 7:40; 1Ma 7:45), and where he was himself afterward slain by the generals of Antiochus (Josephus, War, 1, 1, 6). It was situated, according to Josephus (Ant. 12, 10, 5), 30 stadia from Bethhoron, and, according to Jerome (Onomast. s.v.). not far from Gophna, but was hardly the HADASHAH SEE HADASHAH (q.v.) of the tribe of Judah (Jos 15:37). SEE LAISH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Adasa
ADASA.A town near Bethhoron (1Ma 7:40; 1Ma 7:45, Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. XII. x. 5), now the ruin Adaseh near Gibeon.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Adasa
ada-sa (, Adasa; the King James Version Adarsa): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon (30 furlongs Ant, XII, x, 5; 1 Macc 7:40) and a day’s journey from Gazara (1 Macc 7:45), where Judas Maccabee defeated and killed Nicanor, a general of Demetrius (1 Macc 7:40ff). The ruin of Adaseh near Gibeon (SWP, III, XVII).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Adasa
Adasa, or Adarsa, called also by Josephus Adazer, Adaco, and Acodaco, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, said to have been four miles from Beth-horon, and not far from Gophna. It was the scene of some important transactions in the history of the Maccabees (1Ma 7:40; 1Ma 7:45; Joseph. Antiq. xii. 10, 5; Bell. Jud. i. 1, 6).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Adasa
Ad’asa. (new). A place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. 1Ma 7:40; 1Ma 7:45 See Hadashah.