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MIZPAH OR MIZPEH | A watch tower, 1. A town in Gilead, Ho 5:1; so named from the stone-heap cast up by Jacob and Laban, Ge 31:49; supposed by many to be the place mentioned in the history of Jephthah, Jud 10:17 11:11,29,34. 2. A city of Benjamin, a central gathering-place of the tribes in the period of the judges, Jos 18:26 Jud 20:1,3 21:1. Here Samuel sacrificed and judged, and here Saul was designated as king, 1Sa 7:5-16 10:17. It was fortified by Asa as a defense against Israel, 1Ki 15:22, was the residence of the governor, under Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 40:6, and was reoccupied after the captivity, Ne 3:19. Its name indicates that it occupied an elevated site, and it was near Ramah; hence Dr. Robinson identifies it with the modern place called Neby Samwil, four or five miles northnorthwest of Jerusalem. 3. A town in the plain of Judah, Jos 15:38. 4. A valley near Mount Hermon, towards Zidon, Jos 11:3,8. |