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2 Chronicles 11:8

And Gath, and Maresha, and Ziph,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gath;   Mareshah;   Rehoboam;   Ziph;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mareshah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cities;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Mareshah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Palestine;   Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fenced Cities;   Gath;   Jerusalem;   Mareshah;   Philistia;   Shishak;   Ziph (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fortified Cities;   Gath;   Hebron;   Mareshah;   Moresheth, Moresheth-Gath;   Ziph;   Zorah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gath;   Mareshah;   Ziph;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mareshah ;   Rehoboam ;   Ziph;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shemaiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gath;   Mareshah;   Ziph;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Mar'eshah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Gath;   Judah, Territory of;   Mareshah;   Rehoboam;   Ziph (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Hebrew Names Version
and Gat, and Mareshah, and Zif,
King James Version
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
English Standard Version
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
New Century Version
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
New English Translation
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Amplified Bible
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
New American Standard Bible
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
World English Bible
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Legacy Standard Bible
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Berean Standard Bible
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Contemporary English Version
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Complete Jewish Bible
Gat, Mareshah, Zif,
Darby Translation
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Easy-to-Read Version
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to the people, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem, why should you go up to Jerusalem and come down? Then he said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Good News Translation
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Lexham English Bible
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
Literal Translation
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Gath, Maresa, Siph,
American Standard Version
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Bible in Basic English
And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Gath, and Maresa, and Ziph,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
King James Version (1611)
And Gath, and Maresha, and Ziph,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Geth, and Marisa, and Ziph,
English Revised Version
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
also and Jeth, and Maresa, and Ziph;
Update Bible Version
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
New King James Version
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
New Living Translation
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
New Life Bible
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
New Revised Standard
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Gath and Mareshah, and Ziph;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Geth, and Maresa, and Ziph,
Revised Standard Version
Gath, Mare'shah, Ziph,
Young's Literal Translation
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Contextual Overview

1 And when Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem, he gathered of the house of Iudah and Beniamin nine score thousande chosen men of warre to fight against Israel, and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam. 2 But the worde of the Lorde came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speake vnto Rehoboam, the sonne of Salomon King of Iudah, and to all Israel that are in Iudah, and Beniamin, saying, 4 Thus sayth the Lorde, Ye shall not goe vp, nor fight against your brethren: returne euery man to his house: for this thing is done of me. They obeyed therfore the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Ieroboam. 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Ierusalem, and buylt strong cities in Iudah. 6 Hee buylt also Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8 And Gath, and Maresha, and Ziph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 And Zorah, and Aialon, and Hebron, which were in Iudah and Beniamin, strong cities.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gath: 1 Chronicles 18:1

Mareshah: Joshua 15:44

Ziph: Joshua 15:24, 1 Samuel 23:14, 1 Samuel 23:19, Psalms 54:1, *title

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 21:10 - Gath

Cross-References

Genesis 10:25
Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his dayes was the earth diuided: and his brothers name was Ioktan.
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:4
Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruell: I will deuide them in Iaakob, and scatter them in Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most hie God deuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, he appoynted the borders of the people, according to the nomber of the children of Israel.
Luke 1:51
Hee hath shewed strength wt his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Gath,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah; though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with Moreshethgath, Micah 1:14, which is probable, since it follows:

and Mareshah; the birth place of Micah the prophet, Micah 1:1,

and Ziph; there were two cities of this name in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:24.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For Gath, see Joshua 13:3 note. Its native king, Achish 1 Kings 2:39, is to he regarded, not as an independent monarch, but as one of the many vassal-kings over whom Solomon reigned 2 Chronicles 9:23. For Mareshah, see Joshua 15:44, for Ziph, Joshua 15:55.


 
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