Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
- KJV And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
- NKJV And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
- NASB Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
- NLT Then Samuel told them, “Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
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Samuel gathers all Israel to Mizpah and pledges to intercede for them in prayer.
Overview
Mizpah becomes a place of national assembly and renewal under Samuel's leadership. As prophet and judge, Samuel mediates between God and the people through prayer, a role that foreshadows the greater intercession of Christ. His promise to pray shows the centrality of intercession in Israel's restoration.
Cross-references & the web
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- Judg 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- 1 Sam 12:23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- 1 Sam 7:16Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- Neh 9:1On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
- Josh 15:38Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
- 1 Sam 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
- 1 Sam 10:17After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 2 Kgs 25:23When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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