Moresheth-gath

Moresheth-gath ("possession of Gath") was a small Shephelah village in the foothills of Judah, just inland from the Philistine plain near Gath. It was the hometown of the prophet Micah, called "Micah of Moresheth" (Micah 1:1, Jeremiah 26:18). The location is intentional — Micah grew up watching the imperial powers of his day march along the great coastal highway, and his oracles repeatedly name the towns of his home district as objects of coming judgment: "Tell it not in Gath... in Beth-leaphrah roll yourselves in the dust... Pass on, inhabitants of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame... For Maroth waits anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem" (Micah 1:10-16). The prophet Jeremiah, a century later, defended his own ministry by citing Micah of Moresheth's prophetic precedent: "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah... and did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death?" (Jeremiah 26:18-19). Generally identified with Tell el-Judeideh (Tel Goded) about 35 km southwest of Jerusalem.