Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Mizpah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell en Nasbeh.

First appears in Judges 20:1 · 7 books · 10 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: Tell en Nasbeh.

Mizpah is represented in the local geography layer as Tell en Nasbeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 20:1 and is mentioned across 7 books, with 32 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

2 chapter s · 13 verse mentions

1 Samuel

2 chapter s · 7 verse mentions

Judges

2 chapter s · 5 verse mentions

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 3 verse mentions

2 Kings

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention