ADARSA, or as it is called in Greek, 1 Macc. vii. 40. Adasu, a City of the Tribe of Ephraim, four miles from Bethoron º, and not far from Gophna1. We place it between the upper Bethoron and Diospolis; because 1 Macc. vii. 45.it is said in the Maccabees that the victorious Army of Judas pursued the Syrians from Adasa to Gadara, or Gazara, which is the length of one day’s journey. The same City of Adarsa is called likewise Adazer, and Adaco, or Acedosa, in Josephus2. Here it was that Nicanor was overcome, and his Army put to flight by Judas Maccabæus, notwithstanding that his Army consisted of three thousand Men only, and Nicanor’s of thirty five thousand. Josephus tells us, that Judas, in another War, was killed in the same place3.
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