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MIZPAH, or MIZPEH

MIZPAH, or MIZPEH , the name of several places referred to in the Old Testament, in each See also:

case probably derived from a " commanding prospect,". the See also:

HEBREW

Hebrew name having that significance. (I) MIZPAH OF See also:

GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

GILEAD, where See also:

Jacob was reconciled to Laban (Gen. xxxi. 49); apparently the site of the See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp of the Israelites when about to attack the See also:

AMMONITES

Ammonites under See also:

JEPHTHAH

Jephthah's leadership (See also:

JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges x. 17). This See also:

ancient See also:

SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary was probably the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of Jephthah's See also:

VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

vow (Judges xi. 29; cf. v. II). The See also:

IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of this Mizpeh is a difficult problem: it is supposed to be the same as Ramoth Gilead, but the See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence is scarcely conclusive. It is referred to in Hos. v. I. (2) MIZPAH OF See also:

BENJAMIN. It has been suggested, on hardly sufficient grounds, that the Mizpeh where the See also:

HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews assembled before the extermination of the Benjamites (Judges xx.

I) was not the See also:

SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine where See also:

SAMUEL

Samuel made his headquarters (1 Sam. vii. 5). It was fortified by See also:

ASA

Asa (1 See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xv. 22), and after the destruction of See also:

Jerusalem was the seat of See also:

government under the See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy Gedaliah (2 Kings See also:

XXV

xxv. 23): here Gedaliah was murdered (ibid. 25). After the See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile it retained the tradition of being a seat of government (Neh. iii. 7) and a See also:

HOLY

holy See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place (i See also:

MACE (Fr. masse, O. Fr. mace, connected with Lat.'ntateola, a mallet)

Mace. iii. 46). It is probably to be identified with the See also:

mountain, Neby Samwil, See also:

north of Jerusalem, still considered sacred by the Moslems: a Crusaders' See also:

church (now a See also:

MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque), covers the traditional See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Samuel. (3) A territory near See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

HERMON

Hermon, a seat of the See also:

HIVITES

Hivites, which joined the See also:

COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition of Jabin against See also:

JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua (Joshua xi. 3).

In the territory was the "valley of Mizpeh" (v. 8) where the Canaanites were routed. (4) A See also:

TOWN

town in the tribe of See also:

JUDAH

Judah (Joshua xv. 38). (5) MIZPEH OF See also:

MOAB

MOAB, where See also:

David interviewed the See also:

king of Moab and found an See also:

asylum for his parents (I Sam. xxii. 3). (R. A. S.

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