Mareshah (Maresha)
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with
Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were
broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish....
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Maresha was one of the cities of Judea during the time of the
First Temple and is mentioned among the conquests of the
ancient Israelites in the Book of Joshua and later in the
Books of Chronicles as one of King Rehoboam's fortifications.
In the sixth century BCE, as result of Zedekiah's rebellion
against the Babylonian kingdom and its king Neb...
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The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were], Er the father of
Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of
the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of
Ashbea,...
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Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha
his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of
Mareshah the father of Hebron....
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ma-re'-sha (mareshah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Bathesar;
Codex Alexandrinus Maresa): A town in the Shephelah of Judah
named with Keilah and Achzib (Josh 15:44). It occupied such
a position that Rehoboam thought well to fortify it for the
protection of Jerusalem (2 Ch 11:8). In the valley of
Zephathah at Mareshah, Asa overwhelmed Zerah the E...
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-1. A city of the tribe of Judah
Jos 15:44; 2Ch 11:8; 14:9,10
Birthplace of Eliezer the prophet
2Ch 20:37
Prophecy concerning
Mic 1:15
-2. Father of Hebron
1Ch 2:42
-3. A son of (or possibly a city) founded by, Laadah
1Ch 4:21...
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(crest of a hill), one of the cities of Judah in the low
country. Jos 15:44 It was one of the cities fortified and
garrisoned by Rehoboam after the rupture with the northern
kingdom. 2Ch 11:8 Near it was fought the great battle between
Asa and Zerah. 2Ch 14:9-12 It is mentioned once or twice in
the history of the Maccabaean war of independence...
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possession, a city in the plain of Judah (John. 15:44). Here
Asa
defeated Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9, 10). It is
identified
with the ruin el-Mer'ash, about 1 1/2 mile south of
Beit Jibrin....
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1. A city of the shephelah or "low hills" of Judah (Joshua
15:43). Commanding in position; hence fortified by Rehoboam
after the separation of Israel (2 Chronicles 11:8). Zerah the
Ethiopian had reached Mareshah when Asa met and repulsed him
(2 Chronicles 14:9-10); the "ravine" (geey) of Zephathah was
near. Now Marash; over a Roman mile S.S.W....
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from the beginning; an inheritance...
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