It was also called Mizpah, because he said, ‘May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.
Joshua 13:26 - New International Version (Anglicised) and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir; American Standard Version (1901) and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; Common English Bible It also ran from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the territory of Lidebir. Catholic Public Domain Version and from Heshbon as far as Ramath, Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim as far as the borders of Debir; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And from Hesebon unto Ramoth, Masphe and Betonim: and from Manaim unto the borders of Dabir. |
It was also called Mizpah, because he said, ‘May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
The king of Israel had said to his officials, ‘Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?’
The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee).
East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.
from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,
When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.