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Mizpeh

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Miz´peh. This name has the same meaning and application as Mizpah, and is borne by several places mentioned in Scripture.

Mizpeh, 1

A town in the plains of Judah (). Eusebius and Jerome identify it with a place which, in their time, bore the name of Mapha, on the borders of Eleutheropolis southward, on the road to Ælia or Jerusalem.

Mizpeh, 2

The place more usually called Mizpah, in the tribe of Benjamin, is once called Mizpeh () [MIZPAH, 2].

Mizpeh of Gilead, 3

Through or by which Jephthah passed in his pursuit of the Ammonites (). Some think it the same with Mizpah, 1; and it is possibly the same with the Ramath-mizpeh of .

Mizpeh, 4

A valley in the region of Lebanon (; comp. 11:3).

 

 

 

 

Bibliography Information
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Mizpeh'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​m/mizpeh.html.
 
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