马凯鲁斯
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马凯鲁斯（Μαχαιροῦς，源自古希腊语：μάχαιρα，意为“剑”；希伯来语：מכוור；阿拉伯语：قلعة مكاور，音译：Qala'at Mukawir，意为“穆卡维尔城堡”）
是一个哈斯蒙尼王朝的山顶宫殿和沙漠要塞，现在已成废墟，位于现代约旦，距离约旦河入海口东南约25公里（16英里），在死海东侧。根据犹太-罗马历史学家约瑟夫斯的记载，这里是施洗约翰被监禁和处决的地方。根据圣经的时间顺序（[可 6:24 ; 太 14:8 ]），处决发生在公元32年左右，逾越节前不久，经过两年的监禁。这个地点还为四位新约人物提供了背景：大希律王；他的儿子，分封王希律·安提帕；他的第二任妻子，公主希罗底；以及她的女儿，公主莎乐美。
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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.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary