Josh. xv. 38.I. MIZPAH, Mizpeh, Maspha, or Mesphe, a City of the Tribe of Judah, to the South of Jerusalem, and to the North of Hebron or Eleutheropolis, about six Leagues from Jerusalem. I think it to be the same as 1 Sam. vii. 5, 6, 7. Josh. xviii. 26.Mizpah of Benjamin, which was a Place of Prayer and Devotion, where the Hebrews often assembled. See 1 Kings xv. 22. 2 Chron. xvi. 6. Nehem. iii. 7. 1 Sam. x. 17. 1 Mac. iii. 46.
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