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1. A city of the shephelah or "low hills" of Judah (). Commanding in position; hence fortified by Rehoboam after the separation of Israel (). Zerah the Ethiopian had reached Mareshah when Asa met and repulsed him (-10); the "ravine" (geey) of Zephathah was near. Now Marash; over a Roman mile S.S.W. of Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis), on a gently swelling hill descending from the mountains to the western plain. Eliezer son of Dodayah the prophet was of Mareshah (.) Micah plays upon the meaning of Mareshah, "I will bring an heir (the Assyrian foe) unto thee, Mareshah" ("inheritance") (). Other heirs will supplant us in every inheritance, except heaven.
2. Mareshah, father of Hebron (a person, not the city): , where the relative position of the cities Mareshah and Hebron, and their historical relations, forbid our understanding the cities as meant.
3. . Mareshah sprung from Shelah, third son of Judah, through Laadah. Probably the same as Mareshah (1).