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Green's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 11:8

and Gath, and Mareshah, 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,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Gath, and Maresha, 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,
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 Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and called up the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2 And the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying, 3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon the king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 So says Jehovah, You shall not go up, nor fight with your brothers. Each return to his house, for this thing has come from Me. And they heard the Words of Jehovah, and turned back from going against Jeroboam. 5 And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. 6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron. These were in Judah and in Benjamin as cities of defense.

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
And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, in their nations. And from these the nations were divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:9
On account of this its name is called Babel, because Jehovah confused the language of all the earth there. And Jehovah scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:8
when the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance; when He separated the sons of Adam, He set up the bounds of the peoples, according to the number of the sons of Israel.
Luke 1:51
He performed mightily with His arm; He scattered proud ones in the thought of their heart.

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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