# מִצְפָּה (mitspah)

Israeli respelling: mits-pah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4709. 33 Old Testament occurrences.

Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine

King James renderings: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה) when 'in pause'.)

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mitspah-h4709

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 31:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/49) — And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
- [Joshua 11:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/11/3) — And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains…
- [Judges 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/17) — Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and en…
- [Judges 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/11) — Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before…
- [Judges 11:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/34) — And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his o…
- [Judges 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/1) — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land…
- [Judges 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/3) — (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was…
- [Judges 21:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/1) — Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
- [Judges 21:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/5) — And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they…
- [Judges 21:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/8) — And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp f…
- [1 Samuel 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/5) — And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
- [1 Samuel 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/6) — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have si…
- [1 Samuel 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/7) — And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against I…
- [1 Samuel 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/11) — And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
- [1 Samuel 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/12) — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
- [1 Samuel 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/16) — And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
- [1 Samuel 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/17) — And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
- [1 Kings 15:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/22) — Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,…
- [2 Kings 25:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/23) — And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedal…
- [2 Kings 25:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/25) — But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with…
- [2 Chronicles 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/16/6) — Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he…
- [Nehemiah 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/7) — And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the gov…
- [Nehemiah 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/15) — But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the…
- [Nehemiah 3:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/19) — And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning…
- [Jeremiah 40:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/10) — As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and…
- [Jeremiah 40:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/15) — Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Net…
- [Jeremiah 41:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/1) — Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the…
- [Jeremiah 41:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/3) — Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of w…
- [Jeremiah 41:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/6) — And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he…
- [Jeremiah 41:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/10) — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that rem…
- [Jeremiah 41:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/14) — So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
- [Jeremiah 41:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/16) — Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recov…
- [Hosea 5:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/5/1) — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have…