Adora

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Dura. Same as Adoraim. 1 Macc 13:20. Adoraim was a town in the SW of Judah and was among the cities fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron 11:9). It is mentioned in 1 Macc. 13:20 as an Edomite city, "Adora," and so also frequently in Josephus. It was taken by Hyrcanus. Scholars have identified it with the present Dura, a village about five miles to the W of Hebron.

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