BIBLE DICTIONARY
Machaerus

A fortress in Perea near the northeastern shore of the Dead Sea. It is not mentioned by name in the N.T., but Josephus (Ant. XVIII: 5: 1-2) mentions it as the place where John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded, as in Matt. 14: 10 ff. and Mark 6: 17-28. Some ruins still remain at the site.