1 Samuel 7:5
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
In Context
4Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.
Cross References
Joshua 18:26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.
1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel called the people together unto Jehovah to Mizpah;
2 Kings 25:23Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
Hosea 5:1Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 7:4-7
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord , and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord . 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew… Read the whole commentary →