Biblical Place • Valley of Mizpeh • 33.282°N, 35.573°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:3 (identified with Valley of Mizpeh ).
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 18:26 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 7:12 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 1:1 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 7:11 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).
Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .
Jeremiah • Chapter 41 (18 verses)
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama , of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah ; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah . Then arose Ishm... Mentions: Ishmael , Elishama , Asa , Jacob/Israel , Ammonites , Mizpah 3, Babylon , Shechem , Shiloh , Samaria .
1 Samuel • Chapter 7 (17 verses)
And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath–jearim, that the time was long; for it wa... Mentions: Abinadab , Eleazar , Jacob/Israel , Samuel , Mizpah 3 , Shen , Ekron , Gath , Gilgal 1 .
1 Samuel • Chapter 10 (27 verses)
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benj... Mentions: Samuel , Benjamin , Kish , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Zelzah , Tabor 1 , Gilgal 1 , Mizpah 3 , Egypt .
Biblical Place • 31.438°N, 34.983°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:52 .
Judges • Chapter 11 (40 verses)
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead 's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou... Mentions: Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Moab , Esau ( Edom ), Manasseh , Gilead, Tob , Mizpah 3 , Egypt .
Old Testament • 13 Chapters
Nehemiah (Old Testament, 13 chapters). Key figures: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Asaph , Berechiah , Zadok . Key places: Jerusalem , Jericho , Gibeon , Mizpah 3 , Zanoah 1 , Keilah . Opens with: "The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,..."
Judges • Chapter 20 (48 verses)
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead , unto the Lord in Mizpah . And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Benjamin , Judah , Phinehas , Gilead , Mizpah 3 , Gibeah 1 , Baal .
1 Kings • Chapter 15 (34 verses)
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah . Three years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was ... Mentions: Judah , David , Rehoboam , Asa , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Kidron , Ramah 1 , Syria , Damascus .
Hosea • Chapter 5 (15 verses)
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel ; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah , and a net spread upon Tabor . And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Judah , Benjamin , Mizpah 3 , Tabor 1 , Gibeah 1 , Ramah 1 .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 16 (14 verses)
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah , and built Ramah , to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah . Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of t... Mentions: Asa, Jacob/Israel , Judah, Dan , Abel , Ramah 1 , Syria , Damascus , Ijon .
Genesis • Chapter 31 (55 verses)
And he heard the words of Laban 's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban , and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the Lord said unto Jacob... Mentions: Laban, Jacob/Israel, Leah , Isaac , Canaan , Paddan , Gilead , Galeed .
Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Moses , Baal , Hebron , Hazor 1 , Madon , Shimron , Achshaph , Chinneroth .
Judges • Chapter 10 (18 verses)
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim . And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir . And after him arose Jair , a Gileadite, and judged I... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Issachar , Ephraim , Jair , Moab , Shamir 2, Gilead , Syria .
Jeremiah • Chapter 40 (16 verses)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah , when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah , which were carried away captive unto Babylon . And... Mentions: Judah , Ishmael , Johanan , Jonathan , Seraiah , Ramah 1 , Jerusalem , Babylon , Mizpah 3 , Moab .
father, forefather, patriarch
Father, ancestor, founder of clan; God as Father of Israel ('Is not He your Father, who bought you?', Deuteronomy 32:6).
Derivation: Primitive word.
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East
mobile. Referenced in Ex 26:34 .
Old Testament • 14 Chapters
Hosea (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , Judah , Joash . Key places: Gomer , Jezreel 2 , Baal , Egypt , Gilgal 1 , Ephraim . Opens with: "The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , and in the d..."
Biblical Place • Madmannah • 31.392°N, 34.941°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:31 (identified with Madmannah ).
Nehemiah • Chapter 3 (32 verses)
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. And next unto him builded the men of Jericho . And next... Mentions: Berechiah , Zadok , Uzziel , Rephaiah , Malchijah , Jericho , Gibeon , Mizpah 3 , Jerusalem , Zanoah 1 .
Biblical Place • 31.691°N, 34.944°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 17:1 .
Biblical Place • Arabia • 27.400°N, 37.700°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 21:11 (identified with Arabia ).