Bible Location
Meaning: bitterness · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Maroth was the place in Micah's lament where bitterness and waiting are joined under the shadow of approaching judgment. It is important because it belongs to the prophet's highly localized geography of grief. First appears in Mic 1:12.1
Place meaning
bitterness
Coordinates
31.74, 34.69
First appears
Mic 1:12
AI summary: Maroth matters because Micah uses local place-names to make sorrow intimate and immediate. The place belongs to the chain of towns through which judgment is emotionally mapped.1
Place meaning
bitterness
Latitude
31.74
Longitude
34.69
Bible references
1
Bitterness; i.e., “perfect grief”, a place not far from Jerusalem; mentioned in connection with the invasion of the Assyrian army (Micah 1:12). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Mic |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.