⁴⁹ also ^(A)Mizpah,^[a] because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.

Jephthah’s Vow and Victory

²⁹ Then ^(A)the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon.

¹⁷ Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in ^(A)Mizpah.

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

¹¹ Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him ^(A)head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words ^(B)before the Lord in Mizpah.

Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah

^22 (A)Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built ^(B)Geba of Benjamin, and ^(C)Mizpah.