Mizpah
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....
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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...
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And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from another....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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or Miz'peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (1.) A place in
Gilead,
so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot
(Gen. 31:49)
on his return to Israel from Padan-aram. Here
Jacob and Laban
set up their memorial cairn of stones. It is the
same as
Ramath-mizpeh (Josh. 13:26).
(2.) A town in Gilead, where Jephthah resided, and
where he
assu...
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Hebrew "the Mizpah," generally a "watchtower". Mizpeh
(masculine) expresses rather the town; Mizpah (feminine) the
district (Joshua 11:8; Joshua 11:8).
1. In Gilead E. of Jordan. The name Laban gave to
Galeed, the "heap of witness," the memorial of his covenant
with Jacob, and the boundary landmark between them (Genesis
31:48-49; Genesis 31:...
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And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor,
there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son
of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men....
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