מִצְפָּה
mits.pah
“Mizpah”
Definition
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
feminine of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
מִצְפָּה appears 37 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
So 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.
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
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