Place
Mizpah
- Location
- 32.565°, 36.006°
A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram.
- Other names
- Part of
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram. Here Jacob and Laban set up their memorial cairn of stones. It is the same as Ramath-mizpeh (Josh. 13:26).
In Scripture
6 verses in 3 books
- Genesis31:49
- Judges10:17; 11:11, 29, 34
- Hosea5:1
Source: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC-BY-SA-4.0)