The roll call of cities goes on. The citizens of Zaanan (“come out”) would not be able to come out because of the danger. Beth Ezel means “house of taking away,” and the city would be taken away. Maroth is related to “mara/myrrh” and means “bitterness,” and the city would experience bitter calamity (“writhe in pain,” NIV). Since Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team of swift horses,” he warned them to harness their horses to the chariots and try to escape.4 Micah came to his own city, Moresheth,
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