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Maarath
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
MA'ARATH (open place), a town in the mountains of Judah. Josh 15:59. The Pal. Memoirs suggest Beit Ummar, 7 miles north of Hebron, as its site.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
den; making empty; watching
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
MA'ARATH (open place), a town in the mountains of Judah. Josh 15:59. The Pal. Memoirs suggest Beit Ummar, 7 miles north of Hebron, as its site.