Mizpah

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ancient Israelite town biblical location

Mizpah was an ancient Israelite town in the central hill country that served as a significant religious, political, and military gathering place in the Hebrew Bible.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mizpah canonical 3
Mizpah in Benjamin 3
the assembly at Mizpah 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Israelite town ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Gedaliah ben Ahikam ⓘ
surface form: Gedaliah son of Ahikam

Ishmael son of Nethaniah ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
Samuel ⓘ
Saul ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
category Hebrew Bible place ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern city ⓘ
country Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form: ancient Israel
describedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
event Israelite gathering to fight the Philistines ⓘ
assembly led by Samuel to repent before the Lord ⓘ
national assembly against the tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
selection of Saul as king of Israel ⓘ
function military mustering point ⓘ
political gathering place ⓘ
religious gathering place ⓘ
governedBy Gedaliah ben Ahikam ⓘ
surface form: Gedaliah son of Ahikam

Samuel ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn central hill country of Israel ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of 1 Kings

1 Samuel ⓘ
surface form: Book of 1 Samuel

Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges
nameMeaning lookout ⓘ
watchtower ⓘ
nearbyRegion Gibeon area ⓘ
Ramah area ⓘ
religiousPractice fasting assemblies ⓘ
prayer gatherings ⓘ
sacrificial offerings ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
roleAfterDestructionOfJerusalem administrative center under Babylonian rule ⓘ
roleInMilitary place where Israel gathered for war ⓘ
roleInMonarchy site where Saul was publicly chosen as king ⓘ
roleInPolitics center for tribal and national deliberation ⓘ
roleInReligion site of national assemblies before the Lord ⓘ
significanceInJudaism site of covenant renewal and national repentance ⓘ
strategicImportance overlooked key routes in the central hill country ⓘ
served as defensive lookout point ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age Levant ⓘ
exilic period under Babylonian rule ⓘ
monarchic period of ancient Israel ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tribe of Benjamin → territoryIncludes → Mizpah ⓘ
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible → associatedWith → Mizpah ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel
Levite of Ephraim → givesTestimonyBefore → Mizpah ⓘ
this entity surface form: the assembly at Mizpah
Benjamin → territoryIncludes → Mizpah ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Benjamin
Gedaliah ben Ahikam → residence → Mizpah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mizpah in Benjamin
Gedaliah ben Ahikam → basedIn → Mizpah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mizpah in Benjamin
Gedaliah ben Ahikam → deathPlace → Mizpah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mizpah in Benjamin