Judg 20:1-4 | TNotes | STEP | 20:1 This was not the Mizpah east of the Jordan associated with Jephthah (10:17 ; 11:11 , 29 , 34 ), but a place in central Israel. This common name means “watchtower.”

‏ Judges 20:1-4

20:1 ^a This was not the Mizpah east of the Jordan associated with Jephthah (10:17 ^b; 11:11 ^c, 29 ^d, 34 ^e), but a place in central Israel. This common name means “watchtower.”
20:3 ^f The tribe of Benjamin had probably received the summons (19:29 ^g), so they knew that trouble was brewing.