Mizpah
Mizpah appears in 32 verses of the Bible, from Judges to Jeremiah.
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Key passages
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Then all the Israelites were united as one man, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, including those from across the Jordan in the land of Gilead. The entire community assembled in the presence of the Lord at Mizpah.
Judges 20:1 · Read the chapter -
Then Samuel told them, “Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
1 Samuel 7:5 · Read the chapter -
Then King Asa sent an order throughout Judah, requiring that everyone, without exception, help to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the town of Geba in Benjamin and the town of Mizpah.
1 Kings 15:22 · Read the chapter -
When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
2 Kings 25:23 · Read the chapter -
Then King Asa called out all the men of Judah to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the towns of Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 16:6 · Read the chapter -
Next to them were Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, people from Gibeon, and people from Mizpah, the headquarters of the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River.
Nehemiah 3:7 · Read the chapter
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