⁴⁹ It was also called Mizpah,^[a](A) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

²⁹ Then the Spirit^(A) of the Lord came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah^(B) of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.^(C)

¹⁷ When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.^(A)

⁵ Then Samuel^(A) said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah,^(B) and I will intercede^(C) with the Lord for you.” ⁶ When they had assembled at Mizpah,^(D) they drew water and poured^(E) it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader^[a](F) of Israel at Mizpah.

Judgment Against Israel

²² Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away from Ramah^(A) the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa^(B) built up Geba^(C) in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.^(D)

¹¹ So Jephthah went with the elders^(A) of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated^(B) all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.^(C)