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mizpah

mizpah


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Mizpah,  MN  (city,  FIPS  43540) 
  Location:  47.92255  N,  94.21544  W 
  Population  (1990):  100  (41  housing  units) 
  Area:  7.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  56660 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mizpah 
  or  Miz'peh,  watch-tower;  the  look-out.  (1.)  A  place  in  Gilead, 
  so  named  by  Laban,  who  overtook  Jacob  at  this  spot  (Gen.  31:49) 
  on  his  return  to  Palestine  from  Padan-aram.  Here  Jacob  and  Laban 
  set  up  their  memorial  cairn  of  stones.  It  is  the  same  as 
  Ramath-mizpeh  (Josh.  13:26). 
 
  (2.)  A  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  (Judg.  10:17;  11:11,  34).  It 
  may  be  the  same  as  Ramoth-Gilead  (Josh.  20:8),  but  it  is  more 
  likely  that  it  is  identical  with  the  foregoing,  the  Mizpeh  of 
  Gen.  31:23,  25,  48,  49. 
 
  (3.)  Another  place  in  Gilead,  at  the  foot  of  Mount  Hermon, 
  inhabited  by  Hivites  (Josh.  11:3,  8).  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 
 
  (4.)  A  town  of  Moab  to  which  David  removed  his  parents  for 
  safety  during  his  persecution  by  Saul  (1  Sam.  22:3).  This  was 
  probably  the  citadel  known  as  Kir-Moab,  now  Kerak.  While  David 
  resided  here  he  was  visited  by  the  prophet  Gad,  here  mentioned 
  for  the  first  time,  who  was  probably  sent  by  Samuel  to  bid  him 
  leave  the  land  of  Moab  and  betake  himself  to  the  land  of  Judah. 
  He  accordingly  removed  to  the  forest  of  Hareth  (q.v.),  on  the 
  edge  of  the  mountain  chain  of  Hebron. 
 
  (5.)  A  city  of  Benjamin,  "the  watch-tower",  where  the  people 
  were  accustomed  to  meet  in  great  national  emergencies  (Josh. 
  18:26;  Judg.  20:1,  3;  21:1,  5;  1  Sam.  7:5-16).  It  has  been 
  supposed  to  be  the  same  as  Nob  (1  Sam.  21:1;  22:9-19).  It  was 
  some  4  miles  north-west  of  Jerusalem,  and  was  situated  on  the 
  loftiest  hill  in  the  neighbourhood,  some  600  feet  above  the 
  plain  of  Gibeon.  This  village  has  the  modern  name  of  Neby 
  Samwil  i.e.,  the  prophet  Samuel,  from  a  tradition  that  Samuel's 
  tomb  is  here  (See  {NOB}.) 
 
  Samuel  inaugurated  the  reformation  that  characterized  his  time 
  by  convening  a  great  assembly  of  all  Israel  at  Mizpeh,  now  the 
  politico-religious  centre  of  the  nation.  There  in  deep 
  humiliation  on  account  of  their  sins,  they  renewed  their  vows 
  and  entered  again  into  covenant  with  the  God  of  their  fathers. 
  It  was  a  period  of  great  religious  awakening  and  of  revived 
  national  life.  The  Philistines  heard  of  this  assembly,  and  came 
  up  against  Israel.  The  Hebrews  charged  the  Philistine  host  with 
  great  fury,  and  they  were  totally  routed.  Samuel  commemorated 
  this  signal  victory  by  erecting  a  memorial-stone,  which  he 
  called  Ebenezer"  (q.v.),  saying,  "Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped 
  us"  (1  Sam.  7:7-12). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mizpah,  Mizpeh,  a  watch-tower;  speculation