Occurrences
Mitspâh occurs 35 times in 33 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Joshua (1), Judges (8), 1 Samuel (7), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (3), Jeremiah (8), Hosea (1)
- Genesis 31:49 — And Mizpah (וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙); for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
- Joshua 11:3 — And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּֽה).
- Judges 10:17 — Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh (בַּמִּצְפָּֽה).
- Judges 11:11 — Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh (בַּמִּצְפָּֽה).
- Judges 11:34 — And Jephthah came to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּה֮) unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Judges 20:1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּֽה).
- Judges 20:3 — (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה).) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
- Judges 21:1 — Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh (בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה), saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
- Judges 21:5 — And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה), saying, He shall surely be put to death.
- Judges 21:8 — And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה) to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
- 1 Samuel 7:5 — And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה), and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh (הַ֠מִּצְפָּתָה), and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
- 1 Samuel 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh (בַּמִּצְפָּֽה).
- 1 Samuel 7:7 — And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּ֔תָה), the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:11 — And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּ֔ה), and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
- 1 Samuel 7:12 — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּה֙) and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
- 1 Samuel 7:16 — And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh (וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑ה), and judged Israel in all those places.
- 1 Samuel 10:17 — And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh (הַמִּצְפָּֽה);
- 1 Kings 15:22 — Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּֽה).
- 2 Kings 25:23 — And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה), even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
- 2 Kings 25:25 — But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah (בַּמִּצְפָּֽה).
- 2 Chronicles 16:6 — Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּֽה).
- Nehemiah 3:7 — And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah (וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑ה), unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
- Nehemiah 3:15 — But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּה֒); he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
- Nehemiah 3:19 — And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּ֖ה), another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
- Jeremiah 40:10 — As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah (בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה) to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
- Jeremiah 40:15 — Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah (בַּמִּצְפָּ֜ה) secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
- Jeremiah 41:1 — Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה).
- Jeremiah 41:3 — Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah (בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה), and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
- Jeremiah 41:6 — And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּ֔ה) to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
- Jeremiah 41:10 — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah (בַּמִּצְפָּ֗ה), even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
- Jeremiah 41:10 — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah (בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה), whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
- Jeremiah 41:14 — So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה) cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
- Jeremiah 41:16 — Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah (הַמִּצְפָּ֔ה), after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
- Hosea 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah (לְמִצְפָּ֔ה), and a net spread upon Tabor.