1 Samuel 7:5

to Mizpeh Mizpah, (in Heb. always with the definite article, as retaining its meaning, "the watch-tower,") was the meeting-place of the national assembly on two other important occasions in this period: (a) when war was declared against Benjamin (Judges 20); (b) when Saul was elected king (ch. 1 Samuel 10:17); and (c) once in later times, on an occasion not unlike the present, when Judas Maccabaeus mustered Israel to revolt against the tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes (1Ma 3:42-46). It belonged to the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 18:26). Its site has not been identified, but is conjectured to be either (a) Neby Samwîl, a conspicuous hill rising to the height of 2935 ft., about 5 miles N.W. of Jerusalem: or (b) Scopus, the broad ridge immediately north of Jerusalem. In favour of the latter site are (a) the similarity of the name (σκόπος = watchman): (b) the description of the place in 1Ma 3:46 as "over against Jerusalem."

It must be carefully distinguished from Mizpah in Gilead (Judges 10:17; Judges 11:11).

I will pray for you unto the Lord Other instances of Samuel's prayers are mentioned in 1 Samuel 8:6 1 Samuel 12:17-19; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 15:11. He is quoted as the type of successful intercessors in Psalms 99:6; Jeremiah 15:1.