Moresheth-gath
Town
Location disputed Tel Goded: about 35 km (21 miles, 180 furlongs) southwest of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Tel Goded Possible
- Tel Zayit Less likely
- Tell Eton Less likely
- Tel Maresha Less likely
Moresheth-gath in the Bible Dictionary
Named in 3 Verses
- Jeremiah 26:18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
- Micah 1:1 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 Samaria and Jerusalem.
- Micah 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
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