Mareshah
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2 Chronicles 11:8 names Mareshah among the fortified cities.
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- 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp
6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
- 2CH 14:9–11, engwebp
9Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
10Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, LORD our God; for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. LORD, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
- 2CH 20:35–37, engwebp
35After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
36He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
- MIC 1:8–16, engwebp
8For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.
9For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
13Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
15I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
16Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you!
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Mareshah” by name and 5 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tel Maresha (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Tel Maresha
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.59296, 34.89824
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Mareshah” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (1) — Zerah the Ethiopian comes to Mareshah and Asa prays
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Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Mareshah (place-mareshah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/mareshah Current wording: 2 Chronicles 11:8 names Mareshah among the fortified cities. Cited evidence: 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp / 2CH 14:9–11, engwebp / 2CH 20:35–37, engwebp / MIC 1:8–16, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.