Mareshah
Mareshah is a settlement mentioned in 6 verses. Its most likely location is Tel Maresha. The name means “from the beginning; an inheritance.”
Where is Mareshah?
Approx. 31.5930, 34.8982 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tel Maresha | settlement | High |
Mareshah in the Bible dictionary
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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Verses that mention Mareshah
- Joshua 15:44
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
- 2 Chronicles 11:8
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
- 2 Chronicles 14:9
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 14:10
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 20:37
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.
- Micah 1:15
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.