Lexical Definition

‎מַרְאֵשָׁה‎ Marʼêshâh (mar-ay-shaw') Mareshah ^N:N--L
or מַרֵשָׁה Marêshâh (mar-ay-shaw'); formed like ‎מַרְאָשָׁה‎; summit

Mareshah.

• § Mareshah = "crest of a hill"
• Mareshah, the name of two Israelites and of a place in Palestine

1) one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָרֵשָׁה‎ and (Josh 15:44) ‎מָרֵאשָׁה‎ proper name, of a location (etymology dubious) in (the Shephelah of) Judah, Mic 1:15 (where named with ‎אַכְזִיבּ‎ etc.), Josh 15:44 (id.), compare 2Chr 11:8; 2Chr 14:8*; 2Chr 14:9*; 2Chr 20:37 so apparently (as proper name, masculine in geneal. scheme) 1Chr 2:42; 1Chr 4:21. — compare 2 Macc 12:35 (Μαρισα), 1 Macc 5:66 (read Μαρισα for Σαμαρια, compare Var. Apocrypha). — Joseph^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 12:8»xii. 8}, 6 (Μαρισσα). ᵐ5 A Josh 15:44 Μαρησὰ ᵐ5^L βαρσηα; ᵐ5 1Chr 2:42 Μαρἑἰσα ᵐ5^L Μαρησα, etc. Probably = modern Mer¹sh 1 mile South of Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis), compare Rob^{BR ii. 31} Be^{1Chr 2:42} GASm^{Geogr. 233} (who identify with (‎גַּת‎) ‎מוֺרֶשֶׁת‎ Mic 1:14 q. v. below ‎ירשׁ‎ above, but see Lag^{Ono.n. 139, 141, 279, 282}) Buhl^{Geogr. 192}. ‎מִרְשַׁ֫עַת‎ see ‎רשׁע‎ ‎מֹרַשְׁתִּי‎ see ‎ירשׁ‎.

‎מָרֵאשָׁה‎, ‎מָרֵשָׁה‎ proper name, of a location.

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Mareshah • A town in Judah; fortified by Rehoboam

Mareshah, a town in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:44), fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:8) and the site of Asa's victory over Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14:9-10).

• A location first mentioned at Jos.15.44;
• only referred to as Mareshah מַרְאֵשָׁה.
  

Mareshah was a town located in the Shephelah (lowlands) of Judah (Joshua 15:44). It was one of the cities fortified by King Rehoboam after the division of the kingdom (2 Chronicles 11:8). Mareshah is best known as the site of the battle between King Asa of Judah and Zerah the Ethiopian, who came against Judah with a vast army. Asa cried out to the Lord, and God granted him a decisive victory over the Ethiopians (2 Chronicles 14:9-15). The prophet Micah, who was from Mareshah (Micah 1:1), prophesied judgment against the city, declaring that a conqueror would come against it (Micah 1:15). King Jehoshaphat of Judah joined with Ahaziah of Israel in a shipping venture at Ezion-geber, but the ships were wrecked, as prophesied by Eliezer of Mareshah (2 Chronicles 20:35-37).

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