Maarath
Where it is
31.62° N, 35.10° E · now Bayt Ummar
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Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Maarath appears in the Bible only once as one of the towns in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:59). It is listed among the cities allocated to the tribe of Judah during the distribution of the Promised Land. The town appears in a group of settlements that were located in the central hill country region of Judah's territory.
The exact location of Maarath remains uncertain, but its listing among other hill country towns suggests it was situated in the mountainous region between Jerusalem and Hebron. No archaeological site has been definitively identified as ancient Maarath.
Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Joshua 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · www.openbible.info/geo/
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain