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2 Chronicles 11:8

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Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

KJV

And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 11

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
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.

This site's exposition

built cities for defence in Judah

on 2 Chronicles 11:5-10

Chronicles alone preserves this roster: fifteen cities across Judah and Benjamin, Bethlehem, Etam and Tekoa among the first three, running south and west toward the Philistine and Egyptian frontier. Kings never lists them; the material is the Chronicler's own, likely drawn from the royal archive he names elsewhere as his source. Bethlehem's presence in a defense list, centuries before the child born there, is passed without comment, one more name doing its ordinary work in its own day.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

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.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

built cities for defence in Judah--This is evidently used as the name of the southern kingdom. Rehoboam, having now a bitter enemy in Israel, deemed it prudent to lose no time in fortifying several cities that lay along the frontier of his kingdom.

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The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 14:9Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.3 works1 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?2 works1 Chronicles 18:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.2 worksPsalms 54:1Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!2 worksJoshua 15:24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,2 worksJoshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 23:14And 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.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 23:19

    Then 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?

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 26:1

      Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 26:3

      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,

  • Through

    Psalms 54:1

    Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 18:10

      The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

    • Psalms 20:1

      May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

    • Acts 4:12

      Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

    • Psalms 79:9

      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.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 18:1

    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 8:1–18

      Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

  • Through

    Joshua 15:24

    Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 23:14

      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.

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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