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Mareshah
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An ancient city in the Judaean Shephelah that was later a prominent, ethnically diverse city in the Hellenistic period.
Mareshah (Place)
MARESHAH (PLACE) [Heb mārēšâ (מָרֵשָׁה)]. Var. MARISA. A town of Judah located in the S foothills.A. Identification and HistoryMareshah (Marisa, 1 Maccabees 5; 2 Maccabees 12) is identified with Tell Sandakhanna, located about 2 km S of Beit Govrin (M.R. 140111). This identification, first established
Mareshah (Place)
Mareshah (Place). City (Greek, Marisa; Josephus, Marissa) on the road from the coastal plain of Judah toward Hebron and Jerusalem. Remains of Jewish pottery indicate occupation from at least 800 bc. The site is now called Tel es Sandahanna.At Israel’s occupation of Canaan, Mareshah was allotted by Joshua
Mareshah
Mareshah mä-rēʹshə [Heb. mārēšâ; Gk. Marēsa]; Apoc. MARISA [Gk. Marisa]; AV, RV, also “Samaria” (1 Macc. 5:66). A Palestinian town in the Shephelah. It is represented today by Tell Sandaḥannah, which also is the site of Hellenistic Marisa, 1.6 km (1 mi) S of Beit Jibrîn (Eleutheropolis). F.
Samaria
2. (1 Macc. 5:66 AV). With the Latin version and Josephus (Ant. xii.8.6[353]) this should be read “Marisa.” See Mareshah.
Mareshah (Place)
MARESHAH (Place) City (Greek Marisa; Josephus, “Marissa”) on the road from the coastal plain of Judah toward Hebron and Jerusalem. Remains of Jewish pottery indicate occupation from at least 800 bc. The site is now called Tel Mareshah.Aerial View of Tell Mareshah Mareshah overlooks the Elah Valley,
Mareshah
Mareshah (muh-ree´shuh).1 An important town in the Judean Shephelah, identified with modern Tell Sandahannah, located about twenty-five miles southwest of Jerusalem. Josh. 15:44 names Mareshah as one of Judah’s settlements. According to 2 Chron. 11:5–12, Rehoboam fortified this town, ca. 920 bce. Near
Mareshah
MARESHAH1. The first fortress city N of the great citadel of Lachish. Josh 15:44 enumerates it among the cities of the Shephelah of Judah. The earlier Amarna tablets knew it as a Canaanite city. Rehoboam fortified the site after Shishak’s invasion (2 Chr 11:5–8), and Asa defeated Zerah the Ethiopian
Mareshah
MARESHAH (Heb. mārē’šâh). A town in the Shephelah (Jos. 15:44), covering the road up the Wadi Zeita to Hebron; now Tell Sandahanna (Tel Maresha). The inhabitants claimed descent from Shelah (1 Ch. 4:21). Rehoboam fortified it, and in this area Zerah of Ethiopia was defeated by Asa; Eliezer the prophet
Mareshah
Mareshah (Heb. mārēšâ) (PLACE) (also MARISA)A prominent town in the eastern Shephelah of Judah (Josh. 15:44). It was located 2 km. (1 mi.) S of Beth Guvrin/Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis) and 30 km. SE of Ashkelon, identified with Tell Ṣandaḥannah (140111). One of the cities fortified by Rehoboam
Mareshah (Place)
MARESHAH [mə rēˊshə] (Heb. mārēšâ, mārē˒šâ) (PLACE). A city in the tribal territory of Judah (Josh. 15:44; Mic. 1:15), among the cities fortified by King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:8). The city was the site of the battle between King Asa and Zerah the Ethiopian (14:9) and the home of the prophet
Mareshah; Marissa
MARESHAH; MARISSA A town in the territory of Judah (Josh. 15:44), identified with Tell Sandahanna. It is doubtful whether the ‘mu-ukh-ra-ash-ti’ of the El Amarna letters refers to Mareshah; during the excavations no remains earlier than the Iron Age were found. Rehoboam converted Mareshah into a Judean
Mareshah
Mar´eshah, or Mare´shah (crest of a hill), one of the cities of Judah in the low country. Josh. 15:44. It was one of the cities fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam after the rupture with the northern kingdom. 2 Chron. 11:8. Near it was fought the great battle between Asa and Zerah. 2 Chron. 14:9–12.