Lectionary Calendar
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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Maroth
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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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 (Micah 1:12) plays upon the meaning of Maroth.
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Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Maroth'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/maroth.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Maroth'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/maroth.html. 1949.
