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Adasa (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

A town near Bethhoron (1 Mac 7"-", Jos. Ant. XII. X. 5), now the ruin 'Adaseh near Gibeon SP W vol. iii. sh. xvii. "ADBEEL (^!<?-)N), the third son of Ishmael, Gn 2.3", 1 Ch 129, eponym of the N. Arab, tribe, which appears in cuneiform inscrip. as Idibn'il or Idihi'al, and which had its settlements S.W. of the Dead Sea (Sayce, ifCil/ 202; Schrader. KAT^ 148; Oxf. Hel. Lex. s.v.). J. A. Selbie.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Adasa

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 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). ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Smith's Bible Dictionary on Adasa

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

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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