📍Moresheth

Place

Type: place

It is the hometown of Micah (prophet).

Micah 1:1The word of the Lord that came to Micah) of Moresheth in the days of Jotham), Ahaz, and Hezekiah), kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 26:18Micah) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah), king of Judah), and spoke to all the people of Judah), saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Zion shall be plowed like a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple a wooded height.’ ”

Because it was near Gath, it was also called Gath-Moresheth.

Micah 1:14Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Gath-Moresheth; the houses of Achzib) shall be a deception to the kings of Israel.

Furthermore, the meaning of Moresheth is 'possession', so the above verse contains a wordplay expression meaning 'to give up the possessions of Gath'.

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