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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71136" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71136" /> == | ||
<p> <span> Ad'asa. </span> <span> (new). </span> A place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. <span> 1 [[Maccabees]] 7:40 </span> ; <span> 1 Maccabees 7:45 </span> <span> [[See]] </span | <p> <span> Ad'asa. </span> <span> (new). </span> A place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. <span> 1 [[Maccabees]] 7:40 </span> ; <span> 1 Maccabees 7:45 </span> <span> [[See]] </span> [[Hadashah]] <span> . </span> </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_503" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_503" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''''ad´a''''' -'''''sa''''' ( <span> Ἀδασά </span> , <i> '''''Adasá''''' </i> ; the [[King]] [[James]] [[Version]] <span> [[Adarsa]] </span> ): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon (30 furlongs <i> [[Ant]] </i> , 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]] ( <i> SWP </i> , III, Xvii ). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14798" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14798" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17968" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17968" /> == | ||
<p> ( <span> Ἀδασά </span> ), a village of Judaea, where [[Judas]] the [[Maccabee]] slew the [[Assyrian]] general [[Nicanor]] ( <span> 1 [[Maccabees]] 7:40 </span> ; <span> 1 Maccabees 7:45 </span> ), and where he was himself afterward slain by the generals of [[Antiochus]] (Josephus, <span> War, </span> 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 | <p> ( <span> Ἀδασά </span> ), a village of Judaea, where [[Judas]] the [[Maccabee]] slew the [[Assyrian]] general [[Nicanor]] ( <span> 1 [[Maccabees]] 7:40 </span> ; <span> 1 Maccabees 7:45 </span> ), and where he was himself afterward slain by the generals of [[Antiochus]] (Josephus, <span> War, </span> 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]] ( <span> [[Joshua]] 15:37 </span> ). (See [[Laish]]). </p> | ||
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Revision as of 20:10, 11 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
ADASA . A town near Bethhoron ( 1Ma 7:40; 1Ma 7:45 , Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant . XII. x. 5), now the ruin ‘Adaseh near Gibeon.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ad'asa. (new). A place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. 1 Maccabees 7:40 ; 1 Maccabees 7:45 See Hadashah .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
ad´a -sa ( Ἀδασά , Adasá ; 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 ).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [4]
Ada´sa, 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 ( 1 Maccabees 7:40 ; 1 Maccabees 7:45 ; Joseph. Antiq. xii. 10, 5; Bell. Jud. i. 1, 6).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( Ἀδασά ), a village of Judaea, where Judas the Maccabee slew the Assyrian general Nicanor ( 1 Maccabees 7:40 ; 1 Maccabees 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 ( Joshua 15:37 ). (See Laish).
