³⁸ Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,

^7 (A)He struck down ten thousand Edomites in ^(B)the Valley of Salt and took ^(C)Sela by storm, and called it ^(D)Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

Saul Proclaimed King

¹⁷ Now Samuel called the people together ^(A)to the Lord ^(B)at Mizpah.

¹⁶ And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places.

⁵ Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at ^(A)Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.” ⁶ So they gathered at ^(B)Mizpah ^(C)and drew water and poured it out before the Lord ^(D)and fasted on that day and said there, ^(E)“We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.

⁵ And the people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” ^(A)For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”

Israel's War with the Tribe of Benjamin

20 Then ^(A)all the people of Israel came out, ^(B)from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at ^(C)Mizpah.

⁴⁸ Laban said, ^(A)“This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he named it Galeed, ^49 (B)and Mizpah,^[a] for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another's sight.