1 Samuel 7:5
And Samuel said, Assemble all Israel together at Mizpah, and I will pray in your behalf unto the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
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 did the children of Israel put away the Be'alim and the 'Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.
Cross References
Joshua 18:26And Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah,
1 Samuel 7:12And Samuel took one stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Eben-ha'ezer, saying, As far as this hath the Lord helped us.
1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpah;
2 Kings 25:23And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedalyahu, they came to Gedalyahu to Mizpah; even Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, and Jochanan the son of Kareach, and Serayah the son of Tanchumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazanyahu the son of a Ma'achathite, they and their men.
Hosea 5:1Hear this, O ye priests; and listen well, O ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for the punishment threateneth you; because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread out upon Thabor.
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 →