MIZPAH

MIZPEH

Definition

The place on Mt. Gilead where Jacob and Laban made a covenant and set up a memorial stone heap saying, "The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other." This has become known as the Mizpah benediction.

References

Joshua 11:3, Joshua 11:8, Joshua 15:38, Joshua 18:26, Judges 10:17, Judges 11:11, Judges 11:29, Judges 11:34, Judges 20:1, Judges 20:3, Judges 21:1, Judges 21:5, Judges 21:8, 1 Samuel 7:5, 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 7:7, 1 Samuel 7:11, 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 22:3, 1 Kings 15:22, 2 Kings 25:23, 2 Kings 25:25, 2 Chronicles 16:6, Nehemiah 3:7, Nehemiah 3:19, Jeremiah 40:8, Jeremiah 40:10, Jeremiah 40:12, Jeremiah 40:13, Jeremiah 40:15, Jeremiah 41:1, Jeremiah 41:3, Jeremiah 41:6, Jeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 41:14, Jeremiah 41:16, Hosea 5:1