2 Chronicles 11:8
6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
- KJV
- And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
- WEB
- Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
- ASV
- and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
- DARBY
- and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
- BLB
- and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
- ÅB
- og Gat og Maresa og Sif
- OTB
- samt Gat, Maresja og Sif,
- B1930
- og Gat og Maresa og Sif
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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?
Read in contextPsalms 54:1
Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
Read in context1 Chronicles 18:1
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
Read in contextJoshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Read in contextJoshua 15:24
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Read in context1 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.
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