Genesis 31:49

New International Reader's Version

It was also called Mizpah. That’s because Laban said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:22

Then King Asa gave an order to all the men of Judah. Everyone was required to help. They carried away from Ramah the stones and wood Baasha had been using there. King Asa used them to build up Geba in the territory of Benjamin. He also used them to build up Mizpah.

Hosea 5:1

“Listen to me, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family! Here is my decision against you. You have been like a trap at Mizpah. You have been like a net spread out on Mount Tabor.

Judges 10:17

The Ammonites were called together to fight. They camped in the land of Gilead. Then the Israelites gathered together. They camped at the city of Mizpah.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. And the people made him their leader and commander. He went to Mizpah. There he repeated to the Lord everything he had said.

Judges 11:29

Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He went across the territories of Gilead and Manasseh. He passed through Mizpah in the land of Gilead. From there he attacked the people of Ammon.

1 Samuel 20:23

And remember what we talked about. Remember that the Lord is a witness between you and me forever.”