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Elasa

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ISBE 1915

ISBE 1915

el'-a-sa, ele-a'sa (Alasa; the King James Version Eleasa):

The place where Judas pitched his camp before the battle in which he was overwhelmed and slain (APC 1Macc 9:5).

It probably corresponds to the modern Khirbet il`asa, between the two Beth-horons.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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