Where is Mareshah in the Bible?
Mareshah was a town located in the Shephelah (lowlands) of Judah (Joshua 15:44). Mareshah appears in 6 verses across 3 books of the Bible.
What happened at Mareshah?
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 (2Ch.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 (2Ch.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 (2Ch.20.35-37).
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Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Mareshah appear in the Bible?
Mareshah is referenced in 6 verses across 3 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 2 Chronicles 11:8
- 2 Chronicles 14:9
- 2 Chronicles 14:10
- 2 Chronicles 20:37
- Joshua 15:44
- Micah 1:15
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Mareshah.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Mareshah?
Mareshah appears in 6 verses across 3 books, most often in 2 Chronicles, which accounts for 4 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Mareshah?
2 Chronicles, Joshua, Micah.
Where can I read every verse about Mareshah?
This page lists 6 of them. Protos carries all 6, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
