This name belongs to 5 different places in the Bible:
- Kir: A Moabite city, later destroyed by the Babylonians
- Mizpah: A city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgment
- Mizpeh: A town in the lowlands of Judah
- Valley of Mizpeh: A region near Mount Hermon
- Ramoth: City of refuge east of the Jordan
Definition
the same as H4707; Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Mizpeh, watch tower. Compare H4709.
Traditional renderings: Mizpeh, watch tower. Compare H4709.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
6 total
- Joshua 11:8מִצְפֶּ֖ה · of Mizpeh…and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
- Joshua 15:38וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה · MizpehDilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
- Joshua 18:26וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֥ה · MizpehMizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
- Judges 11:29 (2×)מִצְפֵּ֣ה · Mizpah; וּמִמִּצְפֵּ֣ה · And from [there]Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
- 1 Samuel 22:3מִצְפֵּ֣ה · to MizpehFrom there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”