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Mizpah

Territory of Benjamin · Old Testament · 42 verses

Mizpah, meaning watchtower, was a town in the territory of Benjamin. Israel gathered there at important moments. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 7 more in the King James text.

About Mizpah

Mizpah, meaning watchtower, was a town in the territory of Benjamin. Israel gathered there at important moments.

Its place in the story

At Mizpah Israel assembled under Samuel to repent and was delivered from the Philistines, and there Saul was chosen as king by lot. It later became a center of the remnant after the fall of Jerusalem.

Mizpah in Scripture (KJV)

“And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”
Genesis 31:49 (KJV)
“And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.”
Joshua 11:3 (KJV)
“And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.”
Joshua 11:8 (KJV)
“And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,”
Joshua 15:38 (KJV)
“And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,”
Joshua 18:26 (KJV)
“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 10:17 (KJV)
“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 11:11 (KJV)
“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 11:29 (KJV)

Mizpah is named 42 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The gatherings for repentance and deliverance at Mizpah are part of the story of God saving his people, fulfilled in Christ.

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Where is Mizpah in the Bible?

Mizpah, meaning watchtower, was a town in the territory of Benjamin. Israel gathered there at important moments. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 7 more in the King James text.

What happened at Mizpah?

At Mizpah Israel assembled under Samuel to repent and was delivered from the Philistines, and there Saul was chosen as king by lot. It later became a center of the remnant after the fall of Jerusalem.

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