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Moresheth, Moresheth-Gath

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(moh' rih sshehth-gath) Place name meaning, “inheritance of Gath.” Home of the prophet Micah (Micah 1:1 ). The prophet pictured his home as a bride receiving a going away gift from Jerusalem, her father, a warning of exile for Jerusalem's leaders and thus separation from their neighbors (Micah 1:14 ). The city was apparently located near Philistine Gath and is usually identified with tell ej-Judeideh about twenty-two miles southwest of Jerusalem and nine miles east of Gath. Recently, this identification has been questioned. This may be the Gath Rehoboam fortified (2 Chronicles 11:8 ). It may be Muchrashti of the Amarna letters.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Moresheth, Moresheth-Gath'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​m/moresheth-moresheth-gath.html. 1991.
 
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