Topic
Adasa
2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Maccabees 7:40Smith · ISBE
But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,
- 1 Maccabees 7:45Smith · ISBE
Then they pursued after them a day’s journey, from Adasa unto Gazera, sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
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 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 7:40 ff). The ruin of Adaseh near Gibeon (SWP, III, XVII).
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.