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| <p> ''''' ma ''''' - ''''' rē´sha ''''' ( מרשהּ , <i> ''''' mārēshāh ''''' </i> ; Septuagint: [[Codex]] Vaticanus Βαθησάρ , <i> ''''' Bathēsár ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Μαρησά , <i> ''''' Marēsá ''''' </i> ): A town in the [[Shephelah]] of [[Judah]] named with [[Keilah]] and [[Achzib]] ( Joshua 15:44 ). It occupied such a position that [[Rehoboam]] thought well to fortify it for the protection of [[Jerusalem]] ( 2 Chronicles 11:8 ). In the valley of [[Zephathah]] at Mareshah, Asa overwhelmed [[Zerah]] the [[Ethiopian]] and his army, pursuing them as far as [[Gezer]] ( 2 Chronicles 14:9 ff). From [[Mareshah]] came [[Eliezer]] the prophet who denounced disaster upon the commercial copartnery of [[Jehoshaphat]] and [[Ahaziah]] ( 2 Chronicles 20:37 ). The place is mentioned in Mic ( 2 Chronicles 1:15 ). Mareshah was plundered and burned by [[Judas]] Maccabeus ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xii , viii, 6; 1 Macc 5:66 the Revised Version margin). Hither [[Gorgias]] escaped, having been rescued from the hands of [[Dositheus]] by a Thracian horseman (2 Macc 12:35). It was taken by John Hyrcanus, who allowed the inhabitants to remain on condition that they adopt circumcision and submit to the [[Jewish]] law. This they did; and later John avenged an injustice done to Mareshah by the Samaritans. It is then described as "a colony of Jews" ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xiii , ix, 1; x, 2). The city was treated with favor by Pompey (XIV, iv, 4). When the [[Parthians]] invaded [[Judea]] in support of [[Antigonus]] they demolished Mareshah (xiii, 9). </p> <p> According to Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> , Mareshah was 2 [[Roman]] miles from [[Eleutheropolis]] ( <i> ''''' Beit ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Jibr̂n ''''' </i> ). Until recently it was thought that <i> ''''' Khirbet ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Mir‛ash ''''' </i> , where the old name lingers, not far Southwest of <i> ''''' Beit ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Jibr̂n ''''' </i> , represented the ancient city. The work of Dr. Bliss, however ("Excavations in Palestine," <i> Pef </i> ), shows that it must be located at <i> ''''' Tell ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Sandaḥannah ''''' </i> , about a mile South of <i> ''''' Beit ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Jibr̂n ''''' </i> . A series of remarkable tombs was discovered here. From 1 Chronicles 2:42 we may perhaps gather that [[Hebron]] was colonized by the men of Mareshah. </p> | | Mareshah <ref name="term_49681" /> |
| ==References == | | <p> The ruined site, Khurbet Merash, is three quarters of a mile south-west of Beit-Jibrin, and consists merely of "6 traces of ruins, cisterns, and caves" (Memoirs to Ordnance Survey, 3:284). </p> |
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| <ref name="term_6063"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/mareshah Mareshah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_49681"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/mareshah+(2) Mareshah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
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Mareshah [1]
The ruined site, Khurbet Merash, is three quarters of a mile south-west of Beit-Jibrin, and consists merely of "6 traces of ruins, cisterns, and caves" (Memoirs to Ordnance Survey, 3:284).
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