Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

Adam Clarke Commentary

And Mizpeh - This place is celebrated in the sacred writings. Here the people were accustomed to assemble often in the presence of the Lord, as in the deliberation concerning the punishment to be inflicted on the men of Gibeah, for the abuse of the Levite's wife. Judges 20:1-3. Samuel assembled the people here to exhort them to renounce their idolatry, 1 Samuel 7:5, 1 Samuel 7:6. In this same place Saul was chosen to be king, 1 Samuel 10:17. It was deemed a sacred place among the Israelites; for we find, from 1 Maccabees 3:46, that the Jews assembled here to seek God, when their enemies were in possession of the temple.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And Mizpeh,.... Frequent mention is made of Mizpeh in Scripture; according to Fuller^F20Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 209. , it was about eight miles from Gibeah; it was near Ramathon, which Josephus says^F21Antiqu. l. 8. c. 12. sect. 3. was forty furlongs from Jerusalem:

and Chephirah was one of the cities subject to Gibeon, Joshua 9:17.

and Mozah; there was a place called Motza, near to Jerusalem, where they used to go to get willows at the feast of tabernacles^F23Misn. Succah, c. 4. sect. 5. .

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

26. Mizpeh — Probably the modern Neby Samwil. See note on 1 Samuel 7:5.

Chephirah — See Joshua 9:17.

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Mesphe, where Samuel assembled the people, 1 Kings vii. 5. It was regarded as a place of devotion, while the temple was in the hands of the profane, 1 Machabees iii. 46.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mizpeh

Situated not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem.

Judges 10:17

Chephirah

9:17; Ezra 2:25