Micah 1:12

Residents of Maroth, which sounds like the Hebrew word translated "bitterness," would become weak as they waited for help that would not come. Their expectation would become bitter because God would send calamity to the gates of Jerusalem. Before Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem in 701 B.C., he defeated 46 other towns in Judah (2 Kings 18-19). [Note: See D. W. Thomas, ed., Documents from Old Testament Times, p. 67, for Sennacherib’s account.]