Mizpeh
Town · also Mizpah
Location disputed Jel‘ad: about 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Jel‘ad Possible
- Tall er Rumeith Less likely
- Khirbet er Rasuni Less likely
- Suf Less likely
Mizpah in the Bible Dictionary · Another Mizpeh (town · Joshua 11:3) · Another Mizpeh (town · Joshua 18:26) · Another Mizpeh (town · Joshua 15:38) · Another Mizpeh (town · 1 Samuel 22:3)
Named in 5 Verses
- Judges 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
- Judges 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
- Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
- Judges 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
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