Mareshah

Mareshah is a settlement named in 6 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tel Maresha (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Joshua

• Joshua 15:44
  And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 11:8
  And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,Gath, Mareshah, 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.Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as 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.So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near 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.Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

Micah

• Micah 1:15
  Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.