The Definition of the word Meroz

Meroz

A plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned because they came not to help Barak against Sisera (Judg. 5:23: comp. 21:8-10; 1 Sam. 11:7). It has been "identified with Marassus, on a knoll to the north of Wady Jalud," "but nothing certainly is known of it. Like Chorazin, it is only" mentioned in Scripture in connection with the curse pronounced upon it.