Adasa

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Adasa [1]

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 ).

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