Adasa
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Asada is a city referred to the Maccabees
and the site of the Syrian-Seleucid General
Nicanor's death and Judas Maccabeus's
post during the Maccabean Revolt. It is said to be just opposite Beth-Horon
(1 Macc
7:39); a 3½ mile distance.
Maccabees
The Maccabees were a Jewish rebel army who took control of Judea, which had been a client state of the Seleucid Empire. They founded the Hasmonean dynasty, which ruled from 164 BCE to 63 BCE, reasserting the Jewish religion, expanding the boundaries of the Land of Israel and reducing the influence...
and the site of the Syrian-Seleucid General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Nicanor's death and Judas Maccabeus's
Judas Maccabeus
Judah Maccabee was a Kohen and a son of the Jewish priest Mattathias...
post during the Maccabean Revolt. It is said to be just opposite Beth-Horon
Beth-horon
Bethoron was the name for two adjacent towns, Bethoron Elyon , and Bethoron Tahton , named for the Egypto-Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugaritic literature and other texts...
(1 Macc
1 Maccabees
The First book of Maccabees is a book written in Hebrew by a Jewish author after the restoration of an independent Jewish kingdom, about the latter part of the 2nd century BC. The original Hebrew is lost and the most important surviving version is the Greek translation contained in the Septuagint...
7:39); a 3½ mile distance.