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2 Chronicles 11:8

2 Chronicles 11:8
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Zorah,.... The same with Zoreah, Jos 15:33,

and Aijalon; there was a city of the tribe of Dan of this name, in the valley of which the moon stood still in the times of Joshua, Jos 10:12, but…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 11:1-12

How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (Sa2 20:1, Sa2 20:2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Gath Cp. 1Ch 18:1.

Mareshah in the Shephelah south of the modern Beit Jibrin. Cp. 2Ch 14:9; 2Ch 20:37.

Ziph Probably Tell-Zifsouth of Hebron.