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Myles Coverdale Bible

2 Chronicles 11:8

Gath, Maresa, Siph,

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,
Literal Translation
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
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 whan Roboam came to Ierusalem, he gathered together the house of Iuda and BenIamin (euen an hudreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes) to fyghte agaynst Israel, that they mighte brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam. 2 But ye worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the man of God, and sayde: 3 Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda, and to all Israel yt are in Iuda and BenIamin, and saye: 4 Thus sayeth the LORDE: Ye shal not go vp, ner fyght agaynst youre brethren: let euery man go home agayne, for this is my dede. They herkened vnto the wordes of ye LORDE, and wete not forth agaynst Ieroboa. 5 As for Roboa, he dwelt at Ierusalem, and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda, 6 namely Bethlee, Etan, Tekoa, 7 Bethzur, Socho, Adulla, 8 Gath, Maresa, Siph, 9 Adoraim, Laches, Aseka, 10 Zarega, Aialon, and Hebron (which were the fensed cities in Iuda and BenIamin)

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
Eber begat two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his tyme the worlde was deuyded, and his brothers name was Iaketan,
Genesis 10:32
This is now ye generacion of ye children of Noe in their kynredes & people. Of these were ye people vpon earth spred a brode after ye floude.
Genesis 11:4
And sayde: Come, let vs buylde a cite & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heaue, yt we maye make vs a name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes.
Genesis 11:9
Therfore is it called Babell, because the LORDE cofounded there the language of all the worlde, and from thece scatred them abrode in to all londes.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their wrath, because it is so fearce: and their indignacion, because it is so rigorous. I wil deuyde them in Iacob, and scater them in Israel
Deuteronomy 32:8
Whan the most Hyghest deuyded ye nacions and scatred the children of men. Then set he the borders of the nacions acordinge to the nombre of the children of Israel.
Luke 1:51
He sheweth strength with his arme, and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert.

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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