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GAZARA.—An important stronghold often mentioned during the Maccabæan struggle (1Ma_4:16; 1Ma_7:45; 1Ma_9:52; 1Ma_13:53; 1Ma_14:7; 1Ma_14:34; 1Ma_15:28; 1Ma_16:1, 2Ma_10:32. In Ant. XII. vii. 4, XIV. v. 4, BJ, I. viii. 5, it is called Gadara). There seems to be no doubt that it is the OT Gezer (wh. see).