The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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 (APC 1Macc 9:5).

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

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.