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Mizpah


Mizpah

‎Mizpah (today Tell en-Nasbe) was located some kilometers northwest of Jerusalem. Because of its strategically excellent position on the water divide of the central hill country, Mizpah was already a large and fortified city in the monarchic period. After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, Mizpah was for a short time the residential city of Gedaliah whom the Babylonians had appointed. The city had a methodical layout and mighty city walls.
‎Josh 18:26; Judg 20:1, 20:3; 21:1, 21:5, 21:8; 1 Sam 7:5–7, 7:11–12, 7:16; 10:17; 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Kings 25:23, 25:25; Jer 40:6–15; 41:1, 41:3, 41:6, 41:10, 41:14, 41:16; Neh 3:7, 3:15, 3:19; Hos 5:1; 1 Macc 3:46


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