Joshua 15:38
Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
BSB
ASV
and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
KJV
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
And Dilean,.... Of the first of these nothing is to be said: and Mizpeh, of which name there were cities in other tribes; this in the tribe of Judah was in the times of Jerom (w) called Mapha, on the borders of Eleutheropolis to the south, as you go to Aelia, or Jerusalem: and Joktheel, of which nothing is to be said. (w) De loc. Heb. fol. 93. D.
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Judges 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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So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
The 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…
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2 Kings 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.
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And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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Judges 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…
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‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
