Mareshah
Cityaka Mareshah
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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Key verses
Micah 1:15
I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
2 Chronicles 14:9
There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 11:8
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
2 Chronicles 14:10
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.