Macherus
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Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, no sengrieķu: μάχαιρα, burt. 'makhaira' [zobens]; ebreju: מכוור; arābu: قلعة مكاور, romanizēts: Qala'at Mukawir, burt. 'Mukawir pils')
bija Hasmoneju kalna pils un tuksneša cietoksnis, tagad drupās, kas atrodas mūsdienu Jordānijā, 25 km uz dienvidaustrumiem no Jordānas upes ietekas Nāves jūras austrumu pusē. Saskaņā ar jūdu-romiešu vēsturnieka Jāzepa Flāvija teikto, šī bija Jāņa Kristītāja ieslodzījuma un nāvessoda izpildes vieta. Saskaņā ar Bībeles hronoloģiju ([Mk 6:24 ]; [Mt 14:8 ]), nāvessods notika ap 32. gadu pēc Kristus, īsi pirms Pashas, pēc divu gadu ieslodzījuma. Šī vieta arī nodrošina fonu četriem citiem Jaunās Derības personāžiem: Hērodam Lielajam; viņa dēlam, tetrarham Hērodam Antipam; viņa otrajai sievai, princesei Herodijai; un viņas meitai, princesei Salomei.
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Machaerus
the Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the wadies 9 miles east of the Dead Sea, as a frontier rampart against Arab marauders. John the Baptist was probably cast into the prison connected with this castle by Herod Antipas, whom he had reproved for his adulterous marriage with Herodias. Here Herod "made a supper" on his birthday. He was at this time marching against Aretas, king of Perea, to whose daughter he had been married. During the revelry of the banquet held in the border fortress, to please Salome, who danced before him, he sent an executioner, who beheaded John, and "brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel" (Mark 6:14-29). This castle stood "starkly bold and clear" 3,860 feet above the Dead Sea, and 2,546 above the Mediterranean. Its ruins, now called M'khaur, are still visible on the northern end of Jebel Attarus.
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