Maarath
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MAARATH (PLACE) [Heb ma˓ărāt (מַעֲרָת)]. A town situated in the north-central hill country of Judah (Josh 15:59), within the same district as Beth-Zur. This settlement, whose name perhaps means “barren place” (from ˓rh, “lay bare”), is listed among the towns within the tribal allotment of Judah (Josh 15:21–62). It is perhaps the same place as Maroth (Mic 1:12). A very tentative identification (IDB 3: 196) places the ancient town at Khirbet Qufin, located approximately 11 km N of Hebron, just to the NE of modern Beit Ummar (M.R. 160114).
Wade R. Kotter
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (4:431). New York: Doubleday.
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Maarath — desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron.
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
3:
MAARATH One of Judah’s cities of inheritance located in the hill country (Jos 15:59), perhaps modern Biet Ummar, seven miles (11.3 kilometers) north of Hebron. It may be the same as Maroth, mentioned in Micah 1:12.
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (837). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
4:
MA´ARATH (maʹa-rath; “desolation”). A place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), not positively identified, perhaps Beit Ummar, about seven miles N of Hebron.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Maarath (Heb. ma˓ărāṯ)
A city (Heb. “barren place”) in the tribal territory of Judah linked with other cities N of Hebron. It is probably to be identified with Khirbet Qufin, a site adjacent to modern Beit Ummar (Josh. 15:59), 10.5 km. (6.5 mi.) N of Hebron. Maroth (Mic. 1:12) may be the same city.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (836). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
