Bible Location
Meaning: from the beginning; an inheritance · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
Mareshah was a town in Judah's western lowlands near the route between the hill country and the Philistine plain. It is important because it appears in Judah's defenses, in Asa's victory narrative, and in prophetic warning. First appears in Josh 15:44.1
AI summary: Mareshah belongs to the vulnerable but strategically important Shephelah. Chronicles places it in the fortified network of Rehoboam and in the campaign where Asa confronts Zerah, giving the town a clear defensive and military significance. Micah later uses the place in prophetic wordplay and warning, showing that Mareshah also entered Judah's moral and prophetic imagination. The cross references present Mareshah as a western frontier town shaped by defense, battle, and prophetic reckoning.1
Possession, a city in the plain of Judah (John. 15:44). Here Asa defeated Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9, 10). It is identified with the ruin el-Mer’ash, about 1 1/2 mile south of Beit Jibrin. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.