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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_samuel/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, &#8220Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the LORD for you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Samuel told them, “Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, &#8220Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Samuel said, “Gather all Israel together at Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Samuel said, &#8220Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, "Tell everyone in Israel to meet together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, "Gather all the Israelites together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Samuel called for all the Israelites to meet at Mizpah, telling them, "I will pray to the LORD for you there." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Samuel said, "Bring all Israel together at Mizpah, and I'll pray to the LORD on your behalf." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, ?Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to the LORD."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Samuel says, “Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray to YHWH for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Samuel saith, 'Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Jehovah.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Samuel will say, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Samuel said, “Gather all of Israel at Mizpah, so that I may pray for you to the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Samuel then gave orders, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, that I may pray to the LORD for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Samuel said, Gather all Israel at Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Shemueil said: “Gather all Israel to Metspaya, and I shall pray for you before LORD JEHOVAH”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Samuel said: 'Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/7-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=1671" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Samuel Subdues the Philistines</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8050.htm" title="8050: šə·mū·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- Name of God, a prophet of Isr. From the passive participle of shama' and 'el; heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites.">Then Samuel</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: qiḇ·ṣū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">“Gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/4709.htm" title="4709: ham·miṣ·pā·ṯāh (Art:: N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- The name of several places in Isr. Feminine of Mitspeh; Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine.">to Mizpah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6419.htm" title="6419: wə·’eṯ·pal·lêl (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To intervene, interpose. A primitive root; to judge; by extension, to intercede, pray.">and I will pray</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1157.htm" title="1157: ba·‘aḏ·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- From ad with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.">on your behalf.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a></span><br />Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Jeremiah 29:12-13</a></span><br />Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. / You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-19.htm">Matthew 18:19-20</a></span><br />Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. / For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42</a></span><br />They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-4.htm">2 Chronicles 20:4</a></span><br />So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6</a></span><br />Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-3.htm">Jeremiah 33:3</a></span><br />Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-14.htm">Acts 1:14</a></span><br />With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">2 Chronicles 6:21</a></span><br />Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-9.htm">Luke 11:9-10</a></span><br />So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-12.htm">Romans 12:12</a></span><br />Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">Gather</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1</a></b></br> Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Joel 2:16</a></b></br> Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.</p><p class="hdg">Mizpeh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/7-12.htm">1 Samuel 7:12,16</a></b></br> Then Samuel took a stone, and set <i>it</i> between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/10-17.htm">1 Samuel 10:17</a></b></br> And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-38.htm">Joshua 15:38</a></b></br> And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,</p><p class="hdg">I will pray</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/12-23.htm">1 Samuel 12:23</a></b></br> Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/21-8.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/numbers/21-7.htm">Intercede</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/21-8.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/judges/21-8.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">Samuel</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/20-4.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm">Intercede</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-6.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Samuel</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-1.htm">They of Kiriath Jearim bring the ark to Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar as guard</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-2.htm">After twenty years,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-7.htm">While Samuel prays and sacrifices, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">the Lord thwarts the Philistines by thunder at Ebenezer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-13.htm">The Philistines are subdued</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/7-15.htm">Samuel judges Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His leadership is marked by spiritual renewal and dedication to God. Samuel's authority is recognized by the people, and his words carry significant weight, indicating his role as a mediator between God and Israel.<p><b>“Gather all Israel to Mizpah</b><br>Mizpah, a significant location in Israel's history, often served as a gathering place for the tribes. It is situated in the territory of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. Mizpah was a site of national assembly and decision-making, as seen in <a href="/judges/20.htm">Judges 20:1</a>, where Israel gathered to address the sin of Gibeah. The call to gather all Israel signifies a national call to repentance and unity, emphasizing the collective responsibility of the people to return to God.<p><b>and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”</b><br>Samuel's role as an intercessor is highlighted here. His commitment to pray for Israel underscores the importance of intercessory prayer in the life of the nation. This act of prayer is a precursor to the New Testament understanding of Jesus Christ as the ultimate intercessor (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>). Samuel's prayer signifies a turning point for Israel, as they seek to renew their covenant relationship with God. The emphasis on prayer also reflects the cultural and religious practices of the time, where prophets and leaders often mediated between God and the people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>A prophet and judge of Israel, Samuel was instrumental in leading the Israelites back to God. He served as a spiritual leader and intercessor for the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of God's chosen people, who at this time were struggling with idolatry and oppression from the Philistines.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mizpah.htm">Mizpah</a></b><br>A significant gathering place in Israel's history, often used for assemblies and important events. It was here that Samuel called the people to repentance and prayer.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prayer.htm">Prayer</a></b><br>Samuel's act of interceding for Israel highlights the importance of prayer in seeking God's favor and guidance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a></b><br>The context of this verse involves Israel's return to God, turning away from foreign gods and seeking His mercy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>Samuel's role as an intercessor is a model for believers today. We are called to pray for others, standing in the gap and seeking God's intervention in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_collective_prayer.htm">The Power of Collective Prayer</a></b><br>Gathering together in prayer, as Israel did at Mizpah, can lead to powerful spiritual breakthroughs. The church today should not underestimate the power of united prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_as_a_path_to_restoration.htm">Repentance as a Path to Restoration</a></b><br>True repentance involves turning away from sin and turning towards God. This is a necessary step for spiritual renewal and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_spiritual_matters.htm">Leadership in Spiritual Matters</a></b><br>Samuel's leadership in calling Israel to prayer and repentance highlights the responsibility of spiritual leaders to guide their communities in seeking God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_sacred_spaces.htm">The Importance of Sacred Spaces</a></b><br>Mizpah served as a sacred space for Israel to meet with God. Believers should identify and cherish places where they can connect deeply with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_can_solomon_build_the_temple,_not_david.htm">Why does God prohibit David from building the temple in 2 Samuel 7 yet allow Solomon to do so, raising questions of consistency in divine commands?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_david_build_the_temple.htm">Why was David forbidden from building the temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_one_offering_ensure_victory.htm">Why would a single burnt offering (1 Samuel 7:9) miraculously grant the Israelites victory if similar rituals elsewhere did not? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_17_and_2_sam_7.htm">How do we reconcile the differences between 1 Chronicles 17 and 2 Samuel 7 regarding the details of God's covenant with David?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Mizpeh.</span>--Or, as it should be spelt, <span class= "ital">Mizpah, </span>a common name for lofty situations. It signifies a "watch-tower," a place where an outlook could be kept against an advancing enemy.<p>Now the assembly of the tribes at Mizpeh marked a new departure for Israel. It was the result of more than twenty years of toil undertaken by the greatest reformer and statesman the chosen race ever knew. The great gathering belonged both to religion and to war. Its first object was solemnly to assure the Lord that the heart of His people, so long estranged from Him, was again His. Its second was to implore that Jehovah might again restore a repentant and sorrowful people to the land of their inheritance. What more likely than that the prophet-statesman--who in that solemn juncture represented priest and judge and seer to Israel--devised on that momentous day new symbolic rites, signifying Israel's new dedication to the Eternal for the future, Israel's repentance for the sad past? The solemn pouring out of water before the Lord symbolised, to a people trained so carefully to watch the meaning and signification of symbols and imagery, the heart and whole inner life poured out before the Lord; the fasting represented the repentant humble sinner bowed down in grief before the one true God. Is it not at least probable that the strange, mysterious custom which we hear of in after days--the high priest filling the golden vessel with the waters of Siloam, and then pouring it out silently before the Lord--was the record of one of the holiest memories of the people--their reconciliation with their God-Friend at Mizpeh? Now, after years of estrangement, they repented and were forgiven. The fasting of Mizpeh being a favourite practice, ever much observed by the worshippers in the Temple and synagogue, needed no special record or reminder.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Gather all Israel to Mizpeh.</span> Mizpah, for so the place should be spelt, means a <span class="accented">watch tower</span> (<a href="/genesis/31-49.htm">Genesis 31:49</a>), and so is a not uncommon name for spots among the hills commanding an extensive outlook. This was probably the Mizpah in the tribe of Benjamin, distant about five miles from Jerusalem (see Conder, 'Tent Work,' 1:25); and though Samuel may have partly chosen it as a holy place (<a href="/judges/11-11.htm">Judges 11:11</a>; <a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1</a>), yet the chief reason was probably its lofty situation, 500 feet above the neighbouring tableau, which itself was 2000 feet above the sea level. It was thus difficult to surprise, and admirably adapted for warlike purposes. The gathering of the people at Mizpah was the necessary result of the public insult offered to the Philistine gods, and virtually a declaration of war, as being an assertion of national independence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/7-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Samuel</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mū·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8050.htm">Strong's 8050: </a> </span><span class="str2">Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Gather</span><br /><span class="heb">קִבְצ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qiḇ·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather, collect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Mizpah,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miṣ·pā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4709.htm">Strong's 4709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will pray</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ·pal·lêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6419.htm">Strong's 6419: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, to intercede, pray</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on your behalf.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעַדְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘aḏ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1157.htm">Strong's 1157: </a> </span><span class="str2">In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 7:5 Samuel said Gather all Israel to Mizpah (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/7-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 7:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 7:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 7:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 7:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>