Maroth
Maroth (Biblical Place • Shaphir • 31.744°N, 34.694°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:12 (identified with Shaphir ). It is closely linked with Micah (Old Testament • 7 Chapters): Micah (Old Testament, 7 chapters). Key figures: Micah, Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel . Key places: Samaria , Jerusalem , Gath , Zaanan , Maroth , Lachish . Opens with: "The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Sa..."
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Nahor (Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug ): Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line , child of Serug , parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 ) (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 22 , Genesis 24 ) 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 ) 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 ) Enoch (Generation 7 • Messianic Line • Child of Jared ): Enoch is a biblical figure in Generation 7 of the Messianic Line, child of Jared , parent of Methuselah . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:3 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:23 ) (mentioned in Genesis 4 , Genesis 5 , 1 Chronicles 1 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Maroth (Ancient biblical location referenced in Mic 1:12 (identified with Shaphir ).) Maarath (now Bayt Ummar. Referenced in Josh 15:59 .) Moseroth (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 33:30 , Num 33:31 (identified with Mount Hor 1 ).) Makheloth (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 33:25 , Num 33:26 (identified with Mount Hor 1 ).)
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Micah 1:12 : "For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem ."; 2 Chronicles 14:9 : "And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah ."; 2 Chronicles 14:10 : "Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah .". Related canonical books and chapters: Micah (Old Testament • 7 Chapters), Micah 1 ( Micah • Chapter 1 (16 verses)), Ruth (Old Testament • 4 Chapters).