Mareshah
City
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.
Named in 6 verses
- Joshua 15:44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
- 2 Chronicles 11:8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
- 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.
- 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 w
- Micah 1:15 I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.