Bible History
Bible History
Choose a Category

Mizpah

Mizpah Scripture - Jeremiah 41:10

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that [were] in Mizpah, [even] the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonit...

Read More

Mizpah Scripture - Jeremiah 41:1

Now it came to pass in the seventh month, [that] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah....

Read More

Mizpah Scripture - Genesis 31:49

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another....

Read More

Mizpah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

miz'-pa, miz'-pe: This name is pointed both ways in the Hebrew, and is found usually with the article. The meaning seems to be "outlook" or "watchtower." It is natural, therefore, to look for the places so named in high positions commanding wide prospects. (1) (ha-mitspah (Gen 31:49; Jdg 11:11,34), mitspah (Hos 5:1), mitspeh ghil`adh (Jdg 11:2...

Read More

Mizpah Scripture - 1 Kings 15:22

Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah....

Read More

Mizpah Scripture - Nehemiah 3:7

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river....

Read More

Mizpah Scripture - Jeremiah 41:16

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after [that] he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, [even] mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought a...

Read More

MIzpah Scripture - Nehemiah 3:19

And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning [of the wall]....

Read More

Mizpah in Naves Topical Bible

1. A city allotted to the tribe of Benjamin Jos 18:26 The Israelites assemble at Jud 20:1-3 And decree the penalty to be visited upon the Benjamites for their maltreatment of the Levite's concubine Jud 20:10 Assembled by Samuel so that he could reprove them for their idolatry 1Sa 7:5 They crown Saul king of Israel at 1Sa 10:17-25 A ju...

Read More

Mizpah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

and Miz'peh (a watch-tower), the name of several places in Israel. 1. The earliest of all, in order of the narrative, is the heap of stones piled up by Jacob and Laban, Ge 31:48 on Mount Gilead, ver. Ge 31:25 to serve both as a witness to the covenant then entered into and as a landmark of the boundary between them. ver. Ge 31:52 On this natu...

Read More

61 Bible Translations

Popular Articles

Explore the Bible Like Never Before!

Bible History Online

Bible Study Tools

Top Tags