Smith's Bible Dictionary Mareshah or Mareshah(crest of a hill), one of the cities of Judah in the low country. (Joshua 15:44) It was one of the cities fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam after the rupture with the northern kingdom. (2 Chronicles 11:8) Near it was fought the great battle between Asa and Zerah. (2 Chronicles 14:9-12) It is mentioned once or twice in the history of the Maccabaean war of independence. 2 Macc. 12:35. About 110 B.C. it was taken from the Idumaeans by John Hyrcanus. It was in ruins in the fourth century, when Eusebius and Jerome describe it as in the second mile from Eleutheropolis. South-southwest of Beitjibrin --in all probability Eleutheropolis-and it little over a Roman mile therefrom is a site called Marash , which is possibly the representative of the ancient Mareshah. Strong's Hebrew 4762. Mareshah -- a place in Judah, also two IsraelitesMareshah or Mareshah. 4761, 4762. Mareshah or Mareshah. 4763 . a place in Judah, also two Israelites. Transliteration: Mareshah ... /hebrew/4762.htm - 6k Library How Zerah, King of the Ethiopians, was Beaten by Asa; and How Asa ... The Twelve Minor Prophets. Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ... Letter cviii. To Eustochium. Resources Who was Eliezer in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgBible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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