Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
Parallel translations
- WEB Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
- KJV And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- NKJV Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
- NASB Dilean, Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- NLT Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
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Quick answer
Dilean, Mizpah, and Joktheel are named. The lowland list continues.
Overview
This Mizpah in the lowland is distinct from other places of the same name, which means watchtower. These towns guarded Judah's western approaches. The thorough record reflects the order and completeness of God's apportioned gift.
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Cross-references · 7
- 2 Kgs 14:7Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- Gen 31:48–49Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
- 1 Sam 7:5–6Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- 1 Sam 7:16Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- Judg 21:5The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
- 1 Sam 10:17After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 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.
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