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Mizpah
Town or city mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in Judges.
Journeys through Mizpah
- The remnant flees to Egypt (c. 582 BC)
Where it appears
Judges (4), Genesis (3), Hosea (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 31:47 first mention — And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
- Genesis 31:48 — And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
- Genesis 31:49 — And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
- 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.
Nearby places
- Gilead 11 km
- Penuel 11 km
- Mahanaim 11 km
- Jogbehah 14 km
- Succoth 17 km
- Valley of Succoth 17 km
- Aroer 19 km
- Jazer 20 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.