Mareshah

Mareshah was a town located in the Shephelah (lowlands) of Judah (Joshua 15:44). It was one of the cities fortified by King Rehoboam after the division of the kingdom (2 Chronicles 11:8). Mareshah is best known as the site of the battle between King Asa of Judah and Zerah the Ethiopian, who came against Judah with a vast army. Asa cried out to the Lord, and God granted him a decisive victory over the Ethiopians (2 Chronicles 14:9-15). The prophet Micah, who was from Mareshah (Micah 1:1), prophesied judgment against the city, declaring that a conqueror would come against it (Micah 1:15). King Jehoshaphat of Judah joined with Ahaziah of Israel in a shipping venture at Ezion-geber, but the ships were wrecked, as prophesied by Eliezer of Mareshah (2 Chronicles 20:35-37).