Adasa

Adasa (Hebrew: חדשה ) is the name of a settlement in Judea, today the ruins of Khirbet ` Adase or Khirbat ` Adasah in the West Bank, as well as the site of a battle about 30 stadia (7 miles) north of Jerusalem, on the in Flavius ​​Josephus and in 1 Maccabees ( 7.26 to 50 EU) is referenced. The settlement should have been in about 5 ½ km from Beth- Horon against.

Battle

The Battle of Adasa took place between 161 BC the Maccabees under their leader Judas Maccabeus and the Seleucid army under the command of the strategist Nicanor on the 13th of the month Adar. The Maccabees won this confrontation, while Nicanor fell in battle. To commemorate this event, the day of the defeat of Nicanor was declared a public holiday in Judea. Despite this victory, Judas was barely a year later defeated and killed by the Seleucids at the Battle of Elasah.