Mizpah

Mizpah was a city of Benjamin.Some scholars have suggested that Mizpah is identical with Nob. It was some 4 miles north-west of Jerusalem, and situated on the loftiest hill in the vicinity, some 600 feet above the plain of Gibeon.There is a long-running debate about whether Nabi Samuel or Tell...

Mizpah is a place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram...

Mizpah is town in Gilead, where Jephthah resided, and where he assumed the command of the Israelites in a time of national danger. Here he made his rash vow; and here his daughter submitted to her mysterious fate . Some scholars say it may be the same as Ramoth-Gilead Mizpah ("watch-tower; the...

The Mizpah is a region in Gilead, at the foot of Mount Hermon, inhabited by Hivites . The name in Hebrew here has the article before it, "the Mizpeh," "the watch-tower." The modern village of Metullah, meaning also "the look-out," probably occupies the site so called....

Mizpah was either a royal city or fortress in Moab to which David removed his parents for safety during his persecution by Saul . Modern day sites suggested for its potential location include Kerak and Rujm el-Meshrefeh in Jordan....

Mizpah was a city in the Kingdom of Judah, in the district of the Shephelah or maritime lowland.Eusebius and Jerome put the territory of Eleutheropolis near the road to Elia....

The Kingdom of Judah existed at two periods in Jewish history. According to the Hebrew Bible, a kingdom emerged in Judah after the death of Saul, when the tribe of Judah elevated David, who came from the Tribe of Judah, to rule over it. After seven years David became king of a reunited Kingdom of...

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level...