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Mareshah
Town or city mentioned in 6 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Chronicles.
Where it appears
2 Chronicles (4), Joshua (1), Micah (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 15:44 first mention — 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.
Nearby places
- Ether 3 km
- Libnah 5 km
- Moresheth-gath 5 km
- Lachish 6 km
- Bozkath 6 km
- Achzib 8 km
- Makkedah 9 km
- Keilah 10 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.