Adasa

(new), a place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. 1Ma 7:40,45 [HADASHAH]

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; 1 Maccabees 7:40) and a day's journey from Gazara (1 Maccabees 7:45), where Judas Maccabee defeated and killed Nicanor, a general of Demetrius (1 Maccabees 7:40). The ruin of Adaseh near Gibeon (SWP, III, XVII).

How the City Jerusalem was Taken, and the Temple Pillaged [By ...
... to him, so did he gather those that had escaped out of the battle together, and
gave battle again to Antiochus's generals at a village called Adasa; and being ...
/.../chapter 1 how the city.htm

How Bacchides, the General of Demetrius's Army, Made an Expedition ...
... And Judas pitched his camp at Adasa, another village, which was thirty furlongs
distant from Bethoron, having no more than one thousand soldiers. ...
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Adasa
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ADASA. ad'-a-sa (Adasa; the King James Version
Adarsa): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon ...
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Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... up Judas. He then retired to Beth-horon to find Judas posted opposite him
at Adasa (1 Maccabees 7:39;) 3 1/2 miles distant. Here ...
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Bacchides
... Judas Maccabee (1 Maccabees 7:8; Ant, XII, x, 2). Bacchides is sent the second time
to Judea after the Syrian general Nicanor was killed near Adasa and Judas ...
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Lessau
... of the King James Version arises from confusion of the captical Greek letters, Lambda
("L") with Delta ("D"). The place may be identical with ADASA (which see ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... Jordan. It was along this line that the great frontier fortresses, Bethel,
Gibeon, Ramah, Adasa, Geba and Michmash, were erected. ...
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Demetrius (3 Occurrences)
... suffering two signal defeats, the first at Capharsalama (1 Maccabees 7:31, 32),
and the second (in which Nicanor himself was killed), at Adasa (1 Maccabees 7:39 ...
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Adarsa
Adarsa. Adar, Adarsa. Adasa . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ADARSA.
a-dar'-sa. See ADASA. Adar, Adarsa. Adasa . Reference Bible.
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Adbeel (2 Occurrences)

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Maccabaeus
... The victory over Nicanor first at Capharsalama and later (161 BC) at Adasa near
Beth-horon, in which engagement Nicanor was slain, was the greatest of Judas ...
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Maccabees
... The victory over Nicanor first at Capharsalama and later (161 BC) at Adasa near
Beth-horon, in which engagement Nicanor was slain, was the greatest of Judas ...
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