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Mizpeh

Town

Location disputed Kerak: about 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Kerak Possible
  • Rujm el Meshrefeh Possible

David Flees from Saul · Another Mizpeh (town · Judges 10:17) · Another Mizpeh (town · Joshua 11:3) · Another Mizpeh (town · Joshua 18:26) · Another Mizpeh (town · Joshua 15:38)

Named in 1 Verse

  • 1 Samuel 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

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