FASCINATION ABOUT GOD

When the Assyrians attacked Judah in 701 they did so by using the Philistine coast and the Shephelah, the border area which bundled Micah's village of Moresheth, and Lachish, Judah's second major city. This in turn varieties the background to verses one:eight–sixteen, during which Micah warns the cities of the coming disaster (Lachish is singled