Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Mizpah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jel‘ad.

First appears in Judges 10:17 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

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. Modern identification: Jel‘ad.

Mizpah is represented in the local geography layer as Jel‘ad. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 10:17 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

2 chapter s · 4 verse mentions

Hosea

1 chapter · 1 verse mention