MIZPAH, or MIZPEH

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MIZPAH, or MIZPEH , the name of several places referred to in the Old Testament, in each case probably derived from a " commanding prospect,". the Hebrew name having that significance. (I) MIZPAH OF

GILEAD

GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

, where Jacob was reconciled to Laban (Gen. xxxi. 49); apparently the site of the camp of the Israelites when about to attack the Ammonites under

Jephthah

JEPHTHAH

's leadership (Judges x. 17). This ancient sanctuary was probably the scene of

Jephthah

JEPHTHAH

's vow (Judges xi. 29; cf. v. II). The identification of this Mizpeh is a difficult problem: it is supposed to be the same as Ramoth

Gilead

GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

, but the evidence is scarcely conclusive. It is referred to in Hos. v. I. (2) MIZPAH OF BENJAMIN. It has been suggested, on hardly sufficient grounds, that the Mizpeh where the Hebrews assembled before the extermination of the Benjamites (Judges xx. I) was not the shrine where Samuel made his headquarters (1 Sam. vii. 5). It was fortified by Asa (1 Kings xv. 22), and after the destruction of Jerusalem was the seat of government under the viceroy Gedaliah (2 Kings xxv. 23): here Gedaliah was murdered (ibid. 25). After the

exile

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap,
consul
- CONSUL
- CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)
, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

it retained the tradition of being a seat of government (Neh. iii. 7) and a holy place (i Mace. iii. 46). It is probably to be identified with the

mountain

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical
mons
- MONS (Flemish Bergen)
, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

, Neby Samwil, north of Jerusalem, still considered sacred by the Moslems: a Crusaders'

church

(now a mosque), covers the traditional tomb of Samuel. (3) A territory near

Mount

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Hermon, a seat of the Hivites, which joined the coalition of Jabin against Joshua (Joshua xi. 3). In the territory was the "valley of Mizpeh" (v. 8) where the Canaanites were routed. (4) A town in the tribe of Judah (Joshua xv. 38). (5) MIZPEH OF MOAB, where

David

DAVID
DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
JEAN
- JEAN
_17891856_.html">DAVID, PIERRE
JEAN
- JEAN
(1789–1856)
DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

interviewed the king of Moab and found an asylum for his parents (I Sam. xxii. 3). (R. A. S. M.)

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