Type: place
Content: A Philistine region prophesied in Micah (Bible).
Micah 1:10Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah I have rolled myself in the dust.Micah 1:11Pass on your way, you inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan does not come out; the wailing of Beth-ezel will take away from you its standing place.Micah 1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.