3:12* provide confirmation that his sayings were addressed to both. For Micah, Samaria holds only initial significance. In the decade preceding 722, people generally knew how endangered was the capital city of the Northern Kingdom (see above, pp. 3f.). If destructive blows should strike Samaria—precisely this Micah proclaims (1:6*) with certitude!—then Jerusalem would immediately be threatened, and along with it the cities of Judah (1:8f.*). The man from Moresheth shows himself to be particularly