§ Mizpah = "watchtower" a place in Gilead south of Jabbok
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mits.pah · Mizpah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 31:49 · וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.Joshua 11:3 · הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.Judges 10:17 · בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.Judges 11:11 · בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ פSo Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.Judges 11:34 · הַמִּצְפָּה֮And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.Judges 20:1 · הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.Judges 20:3 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”Judges 21:1 · בַּמִּצְפָּ֖הNow the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”Judges 21:5 · הַמִּצְפָּ֛הThe Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.Judges 21:8 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑הSo they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.1 Samuel 7:5 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהThen Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”1 Samuel 7:6 · הַ֠מִּצְפָּתָה · בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.1 Samuel 7:7 · הַמִּצְפָּ֔תָהWhen the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines1 Samuel 7:11 · הַמִּצְפָּ֔הThen the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.1 Samuel 7:12 · הַמִּצְפָּה֙Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”1 Samuel 7:16 · וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑הEvery year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.1 Samuel 10:17 · הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah1 Kings 15:22 · הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.2 Kings 25:23 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑הWhen all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.2 Kings 25:25 · בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.2 Chronicles 16:6 · הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ סThen King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.Nehemiah 3:7 · וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑הNext to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.Nehemiah 3:15 · הַמִּצְפָּה֒The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.Nehemiah 3:19 · הַמִּצְפָּ֖הAnd next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, near the angle in the wall.Jeremiah 40:6 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהSo Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.Jeremiah 40:8 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהthey came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.Jeremiah 40:10 · בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הAs for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”Jeremiah 40:12 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהthey all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.Jeremiah 40:13 · הַמִּצְפָּֽתָה׃Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at MizpahJeremiah 40:15 · בַּמִּצְפָּ֜הThen Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”Jeremiah 41:1 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה · בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.Jeremiah 41:3 · בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הIshmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.Jeremiah 41:6 · הַמִּצְפָּ֔הAnd Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”Jeremiah 41:10 · בַּמִּצְפָּ֗ה · בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הThen Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.Jeremiah 41:14 · הַמִּצְפָּ֑הand all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.Jeremiah 41:16 · הַמִּצְפָּ֔הThen Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.Hosea 5:1 · לְמִצְפָּ֔ה“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.