2 Chronicles 11:8 - Exposition

Gath . Site still unknown. Some think it may be the Gath-rimmon of Dan ( Joshua 19:45 ). Otherwise it is Gath of the Philistines ( Joshua 13:3 ; 1 Samuel 6:17 ), and of Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:4 , 1 Samuel 17:23 ). I.L.P in Dr. Smith's 'Bible Dictionary,' 1.656, wishes to find it on a hill now called Tel-es-Safleh, on one side of the Plain of Philistia, about ten miles east of Ashdod and south—east of Ekron. See also "Topographical Index," p. 411, in Conder's ' andbook to the Bible,' 2nd edit. Other interesting references are 1 Samuel 17:1 , 1 Samuel 17:52 ; 1 Samuel 21:10 ; 1 Chronicles 18:1 ; 2 Chronicles 26:6 ; 1 Kings 2:39 ; 2 Kings 12:17 ; Amos 6:2 . Mareshah. In the Shefelah ( Joshua 15:44 ), now Marash, a short distance south of Eleutheropolis. Zerah the Cushite came here when he was invading Judaea (ch. 14:9. See also ch. 20:37; Micah 1:15 ). It was taken by John Hyreanus, B.C. 110, and was demolished by the Parthians, B.C. 39. Ziph. Probably the present Tel-Lif, a little south-east of Hebron ( Joshua 15:55 ; see also 24. See also 1 Samuel 23:14-24 ; 1 Samuel 26:2 ).