2 Chronicles 11:8
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
BSB
ASV
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
KJV
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
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, Mic 1:14, which is probable, since it follows: and Mareshah; the birth place of Micah the prophet, Mic 1:1, and Ziph; there were two cities of this name in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:24.
For Gath, see Jos 13:3 note. Its native king, Achish 1Ki 2:39, is to he regarded, not as an independent monarch, but as one of the many vassal-kings over whom Solomon reigned 2Ch 9:23. For Mareshah, see Jos 15:44, for Ziph, Jos 15:55.
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1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
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Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
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Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
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Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
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The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
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1 Chronicles 18:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
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Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
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Joshua 15:24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
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And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.