MEROZ, mĭr’ ŏz (מֵרֹ֗וז, LXX Μαρωζ, Μηρωζ; meaning uncertain). A place in or near the valley of Esdraelon. Deborah in her song of victory called a curse upon the town of Meroz for not sending help in the battle against Sisera (Judg 5:23). E. G. Kraeling in the Rand McNally Bible Atlas suggests that the city was not Israelite but rather a “Canaanite city in a covenant obligation with a Hebrew tribe, probably that of Manasseh” (p. 154). A Heb. city would not have been cursed, which implies extermination; but a Canaanite city would have had a problem fighting Canaanites. There is no evidence of the location of this city, but it must have been very near the scene of battle by the Kishon River.