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Biblical place

Where was Mizpah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell en Nasbeh.

First appears in Judges 20:1 · 7 books · 10 chapters

Overview

Or Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (1. ) A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram. Modern identification: Tell en Nasbeh.

Mizpah is represented in the local geography layer as Tell en Nasbeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 20:1 and is mentioned across 7 books, with 32 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Mizpah today

Travel to Mizpah, the modern-day Tell en Nasbeh.

Mizpah is commonly identified with Tell en Nasbeh, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Mizpah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tell en Nasbeh

31.885°N · 35.216°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

2 chapters · 13 verse mentions

1 Samuel

2 chapters · 7 verse mentions

Judges

2 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 3 verse mentions

2 Kings

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention