ELASA

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 (1 Macc 9:5). It probably corresponds to the modern Khirbet il`asa, between the two Beth-horons.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.