Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.’
1 Samuel 7:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Samuel said, ‘Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the Lord for you. American Standard Version (1901) And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah. Common English Bible Next Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah. I will pray to the LORD for you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Samuel said, "Gather all of Israel at Mizpah, so that I may pray for you to the Lord." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you. |
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.’
and also Mizpah, , for he said, ‘May the Lord watch between you and me when we are out of each other’s sight.
When all the commanders of the armies #– #they and their men #– #heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The commanders included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite #– #they and their men.
On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.
Jeremiah therefore went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he stayed with him among the people who remained in the land.
Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.
Gather the people; sanctify the congregation; assemble the aged; , gather the infants, even babies nursing at the breast. Let the groom leave his bedroom, and the bride her honeymoon chamber.
The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.
Isn’t the wheat harvest today? I will call on the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain so that you will recognise what an immense evil you committed in the Lord’s sight by requesting a king for yourselves.’
‘As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you. I will teach you the good and right way.
Afterwards, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, explaining, ‘The Lord has helped us to this point.’
Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.
So the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtoreths and only worshipped the Lord.
When they said, ‘Give us a king to judge us,’ Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the Lord.