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Maroth
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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A town in the W. of Judah ("bitternesses"). Maroth waited carefully for good ("is grieved for her gods," Gesenius), but "evil (answering to bitterness, which Maroth means) came." Micah (Micah 1:12) plays upon the meaning of Maroth.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Maroth'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​m/maroth.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Maroth'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​m/maroth.html. 1949.