Mizpeh

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• MIZPEH or MIZPAH — (Heb. מִצְפֶּה, מִצְפָּה, הַמִּצְפָּה; lookout point ), the name of several places mentioned in the Bible. (1) A city belonging to the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 18:26), the best known place with the name of Mizpeh. The Israelites gathered there to …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Ramath-Mizpeh —    The height of Mizpeh or of the watch tower (Josh. 13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, Mizpeh of Gilead, called also …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• 1 Samuel 7 — 1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in… …   The King James version of the Bible

• Mizpah —    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 Palestine from Padan aram. Here Jacob and Laban set up their memorial cairn of stones. It is the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Judges 11 — 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead s wife bare him sons; and his wife s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not… …   The King James version of the Bible

• Samuel —    Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly prayed to God that she might become the mother… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Judges 21 — 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3… …   The King James version of the Bible

• List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its …   Wikipedia

• Eben-ezer —    Stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance to Israel in their great battle against the Philistines, whom they totally routed (1 Sam. 7:7 12) at Aphek, in the neighbourhood of Mizpeh, in Benjamin,… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Joshua 11 — 1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains… …   The King James version of the Bible

• Judges 20 — 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,… …   The King James version of the Bible