Joshua 18:26New Messianic Version BibleAnd Mitzpah [Watchtower], and K’firah [Lioness], and Motzah [Fountain], See the chapter |
[And to] the Kena’ani [Merchants] on the east and on the west, and [to] the Emori [Rebellious Highlanders], and the Hitti [Terrorists], and the P’rizi [Villagers], and the Y’vusi [Threshers] in the mountains, and [to] the Hivi [Wicked Villagers] under Hermon [A Sanctuary] in the land of Mitzpah [Watchtower].
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] had made G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] governor, there came to G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] to Mitzpah [watchtower], even Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah], and Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of Kareach [bald], and S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler] the son of Tanchumet [consolation] the N’tofati [dropping], and Ya’azanyahu [Yehovah hears] the son of a Ma’akhati [pressure (literally, she has pressed)], they and their men.
Then all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan [Judge] even to Be’er-sheva [Well of the sevenfold Oath], with the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in Mitzpah [Watchtower].
And they gathered together to Mitzpah [Watchtower], and drew water, and poured [it] out before the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate). And Sh’mu’el [His name is El] judged the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] in Mitzpah [Watchtower].
And Sha’ul’s [desired] son had two men [that were] captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Ba’anah [in affliction], and the name of the other Rekhav [rider], the sons of Rimmon [Pomegranate] a Be’erot [wells], of the children of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] (for B’erot [Wells] also was reckoned to Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength]:
Then king Asa [healer; injurious?] made a proclamation throughout all Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah [Hill], and the timber thereof, which Ba’sha [wicked] had built; and king Asa [healer; injurious?] built with them Geva [hill] of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], and Mitzpah [watchtower].