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Adasa
Adasa is a city referred to the Maccabees and the site of the Syrian- Seleucid General Nicanor's death and Judas Maccabeus's post in the battle of Adasa (during the Maccabean Revolt). It is said to be just opposite Beth-Horon ( 1 Macc 7:39), at a 3½ mile distance.