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Mizpah

Place
Names
  • en Mizpah
    Mizpeh, a watch-tower; speculation
  • en Mizpeh · Also called
  • bg Масфа
Location
Kind: City
Modern name: Jel‘ad
Certainty: Probable
32.565268, 36.005559 · Show on map
Mentioned in (6)
Gen 31:49 Judg 10:17 Judg 11:11 Judg 11:29 Judg 11:34 Hos 5:1

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Mizpah 1 Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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).

Sources: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data (CC BY 4.0, a0f8af9) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, mizpah_809)

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