Fausset Bible Dictionary: Maroth

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Fausset Bible Dictionary: Maroth


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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 () plays upon the meaning of Maroth.