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Maroth

Town

Location disputed Khirbet Qufin: about 21 km (13 miles, 110 furlongs) southwest of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Khirbet Qufin Less likely
  • Beit Ummar Less likely
  • Khirbet el Hubeila Less likely
  • Khirbet ez Zawiya Less likely

Maroth in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • Micah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

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