23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. Ammonites.
16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
H4708
מִצְפֶּה
Mitspeh
mits-peh'
Proper Name Location
the same as H4707; Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine:--Mizpeh, watch tower. Compare H4709.
Mizpeh = "watchtower"
- a city in the district of the Shephelah or lowlands of Judah
- a place in Moab on the east of the Jordan
- a place in Gilead
- a place near Mount Hermon
- a place in Benjamin; also 'Mizpah'
Strong's Number H4708 Bible Verses
H4709
מִצְפָּה
Mitspah
mits-paw'
Proper Name Feminine
feminine of H4708; Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine:--Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 when "in pause".)
Mizpah = "watchtower"
- a place in Gilead north of Jabbok and location of Laban's cairn
- a place in Gilead south of Jabbok; site unknown
- a place near Mount Hermon
- an old sacred place in Benjamin
Strong's Number H4709 Bible Verses
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