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<p> <strong> ADASA </strong> . A town near [[Bethhoron]] ( 1Ma 7:40; 1Ma 7:45 , Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> [[Ant]] </em> . XII. x. 5), now the ruin <em> ‘Adaseh </em> near Gibeon. </p>

<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> <a> [[Hadashah]] </a> <span> . </span> </p>

<p> <translit> ad´a </translit> - <translit> sa </translit> ( <span> Ἀδασά </span> , <i> <translit> Adasá </translit> </i> ; the [[King]] [[James]] [[Version]] <span> [[Adarsa]] </span> ): A town less than four miles from Beth-horon (30 furlongs <i> [[Ant]] </i> , <links> XII </links> , 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, <links> XVII </links> ). </p>

<p> 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]] ( <span> 1 Maccabees 7:40 </span> ; <span> 1 Maccabees 7:45 </span> ; Joseph. Antiq. xii. 10, 5; Bell. Jud. i. 1, 6). </p>

<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 <a> HADASHAH </a> ) (q.v.) of the tribe of [[Judah]] ( <span> [[Joshua]] 15:37 </span> ). (See <a> LAISH </a> ). </p>

<ref name="term_49192"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/adasa Adasa from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

<ref name="term_71136"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/adasa Adasa from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_503"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/adasa Adasa from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

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