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Maarath

Maarath (Biblical Place • 31.621°N, 35.102°E): now Bayt Ummar. Referenced in Josh 15:59 . It is closely linked with Joshua 15 ( Joshua • Chapter 15 (63 verses)): This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: And... Mentions: Judah , Esau (Edom), Hezron , Reuben , Caleb , Edom, Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Azmon .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Maath (Generation 62 • Messianic Line • Child of Mattathias ): Maath is a biblical figure in Generation 62 of the Messianic Line , child of Mattathias , parent of Naggai . ( Luke 3:26 ) (mentioned in Luke 3 ) Meraioth (Generation 33 • Child of Zerahiah ): Meraioth is a biblical figure in Generation 33, child of Zerahiah , parent of Amariah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:6 , 6:52 , Ezra 7:3-4 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6 , 1 Chronicles 9 , Ezra 7 ) Kohath (Generation 24 • Child of Levi ): ( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:29 ). (mentioned in Genesis 46 , Exodus 6 , Numbers 3 ) Ithamar (Generation 27 • Child of Aaron ): ( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ). (mentioned in Exodus 6 , Exodus 28 , Exodus 38 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Maarath (now Bayt Ummar. Referenced in Josh 15:59 .) Maroth (Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:12 (identified with Shaphir ).) Merathaim (Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 50:21 (identified with Babel ).) Manahath (now Malha. Referenced in 1 Chr 8:6 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Joshua 15:59 : "And Maarath , and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon ; six cities with their villages:"; 2 Chronicles 14:10 : "Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah ."; 1 Chronicles 27:13 : "The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.". Related canonical books and chapters: Joshua 15 ( Joshua • Chapter 15 (63 verses)), Malachi (Old Testament • 4 Chapters).

Topics, People & Places (36)

Maarath

99% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.621°N, 35.102°E

now Bayt Ummar. Referenced in Josh 15:59 .

Joshua 15

99% Chapter

Joshua • Chapter 15 (63 verses)

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: And... Mentions: Judah , Esau (Edom), Hezron , Reuben , Caleb , Edom, Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Azmon .

Maath

76% Messianic Line

Generation 62 • Messianic Line • Child of Mattathias

Maath is a biblical figure in Generation 62 of the Messianic Line , child of Mattathias , parent of Naggai . ( Luke 3:26 )

Meraioth

74% Gen 33

Generation 33 • Child of Zerahiah

Meraioth is a biblical figure in Generation 33, child of Zerahiah , parent of Amariah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:6 , 6:52 , Ezra 7:3-4 )

Kohath

73% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:29 ).

Ithamar

73% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Maroth

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Shaphir • 31.744°N, 34.694°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:12 (identified with Shaphir ).

Mahath

72% Gen 37

Generation 37 • Child of Amasai

Mahath is a biblical figure in Generation 37, child of Amasai , parent of Elkanah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:35 )

Merari

71% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Merari were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:35 ).

Merathaim

70% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 50:21 (identified with Babel ).

Abram/Abraham

69% Messianic Line

Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Naggai

68% Messianic Line

Generation 63 • Messianic Line • Child of Maath

Naggai is a biblical figure in Generation 63 of the Messianic Line , child of Maath , parent of Hesli . ( Luke 3:25 )

Matthat

67% Messianic Line

Generation 44 • Messianic Line • Child of Levi

Matthat is a biblical figure in Generation 44 of the Messianic Line , child of Levi , parent of Jorim . ( Luke 3:29 )

Malachi

67% Old Testament

Old Testament • 4 Chapters

Malachi (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Levi , Judah , Moses . Key places: Esau, Edom, Jerusalem , Horeb . Opens with: "The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi...."

Shem

67% Messianic Line

Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Manahath

67% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.753°N, 35.182°E

now Malha. Referenced in 1 Chr 8:6 .

Jared

67% Messianic Line

Generation 6 • Messianic Line • Child of Mahalalel

Jared is a biblical figure in Generation 6 of the Messianic Line , child of Mahalalel , parent of Enoch . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:2 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:20 )

Eber (or Heber)

66% Messianic Line

Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Mattatha

66% Messianic Line

Generation 35 • Messianic Line • Child of Nathan

Mattatha is a biblical figure in Generation 35 of the Messianic Line , child of Nathan , parent of Menna . ( Luke 3:31 )

מָרָה

mara

H4784 Hebrew

to rebel, be contentious, disobey

to rebel, be contentious, disobey. To be contentious, resist authority, rebel against divine command; chronic sin of Israel in wilderness (Meribah).

Peleg

65% Messianic Line

Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Mephaath

64% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.850°N, 35.933°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:18 , Josh 21:37 , 1 Chr 6:79 , Jer 48:21 .

Jephunneh

64% Gen 25

Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Perez

63% Messianic Line

Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Caleb

63% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Marah

63% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 29.350°N, 32.933°E

~. Referenced in Ex 15:23 , Num 33:8 , Num 33:9 .

Moresheth-gath

63% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Mareshah • 31.604°N, 34.902°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:14 (identified with Mareshah ).

Eleazar

63% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

מַרְפֵּא

marpe

H4832 Hebrew

healing, cure, health, remedy

healing, cure, health, remedy. Health, remedy, restorative sound mind; 'Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings' (Malachi 4:2).

Aaron

62% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Amram

( Exodus 6:20 , Numbers 26:59 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 23:13 ) Moses , Aaron, and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Anaharath

62% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 32.607°N, 35.397°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:19 .

Ephrath

62% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Bethlehem 1 • 31.705°N, 35.210°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 35:16 , Gen 35:19 , Gen 48:7 (identified with Bethlehem 1 ).

Noah

62% Messianic Line

Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech

( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 )

Isaac

62% Messianic Line

Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham

( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ).

Elath

61% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 29.529°N, 35.006°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 2:8 , 2 Kgs 14:22 , 2 Kgs 16:6 .

Jarah

61% Gen 35

Generation 35 • Child of Ahaz

Jarah is a biblical figure in Generation 35, child of Ahaz , parent of Alemeth , Azmaveth , Zimri . ( 1 Chronicles 9:42 )

Scripture Passages (24)

Joshua 15:59 (KJV)

Joshua 15 KJV

And Maarath , and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon ; six cities with their villages:

2 Chronicles 14:10 (KJV)

KJV

Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah .

1 Chronicles 27:13 (KJV)

KJV

The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

Micah 1:12 (KJV)

KJV

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem .

1 Chronicles 6:44 (KJV)

KJV

And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

2 Chronicles 14:9 (KJV)

KJV

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah .

Numbers 33:27 (KJV)

KJV

And they departed from Tahath , and pitched at Tarah.

Exodus 15:23 (KJV)

KJV

And when they came to Marah , they could not drink of the waters of Marah , for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Numbers 3:33 (KJV)

KJV

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari .

Numbers 3:33-34 (KJV)

KJV

The family groups of Mahli and Mushi belonged to the Merari family. There were 6200 men and boys who were one month old or older in the Mahli family group.

Numbers 4:42 (KJV)

KJV

And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

Numbers 33:26 (KJV)

KJV

And they removed from Makheloth , and encamped at Tahath .

Numbers 33:8 (KJV)

KJV

And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham , and pitched in Marah .

Mark 8:10 (KJV)

KJV

And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha .

1 Chronicles 6:47 (KJV)

KJV

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari , the son of Levi .

1 Chronicles 25:30 (KJV)

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The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

AP.2ES 14:27 (KJV)

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Then went I forth, as he commanded me, and gathered all the people together, and said,

Malachi 2:17 (KJV)

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Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Joshua 21:7 (KJV)

KJV

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben , and out of the tribe of Gad , and out of the tribe of Zebulun , twelve cities.

Matthew 15:17 (KJV)

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Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

1 Chronicles 11:30 (KJV)

KJV

Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Mark 5:42 (KJV)

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And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

Ruth 1:20 (KJV)

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And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.