Joshua 15:38
Mizpeh.Ge 31:48,49; Jud 20:1; 21:5; 1Sa 7:5,6,16; 10:17Joktheel.2Ki 14:7Joshua 18:26
Mizpeh.Situated not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem. Jud 10:17Chephirah.9:17; Ezr 2:251 Samuel 7:6
drew water.Grotius says, that the pouring out of water means the shedding of tears; and the Targum reads, "And they poured out their hearts in penitence, as waters, before the Lord." Others suppose that it was done emblematically, to represent the contrition of their hearts, and their desire to wash away their past offences. But some learned men conceive that it was poured out as a libation, in token of joy, after they had fasted and confessed their sin, as they were wont to do in the feast of tabernacles. (See note on Nu. 29:35.) 1:15; 2Sa 14:14; Job 16:20; Ps 6:6; 42:3; 119:136; Jer 9:1La 2:11,18; 3:49fasted.2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21-23; Ne 9:1-3; Da 9:3-5; Joe 2:12; Jon 3:1-10We have sinned.Le 26:40; Jud 10:10; 1Ki 8:47; Ezr 9:5-10; Job 33:27; 40:4; 42:6Ps 38:3-8; 106:6; Jer 3:13,14; 31:19; Lu 15:18judged.Jud 3:10; Ne 9:27; Eze 20:41 Samuel 7:16
he went.When he was at Bethel, the tribe of Ephraim and all the northern parts of the country could attend him; when at Gilgal, the tribe of Benjamin and those beyond Jordan could have easy access to him; and when at Mizpeh, he was within the reach of Judah, Simeon, and Gad: but at Ramah was the place of his ordinary abode; and there he held his court, for there he judged Israel: and as it is probable that Shiloh was destroyed, it is said (ver. 17) that there, i.e., at Ramah, "he built an altar to the Lord." in circuit. Heb. and he circuited.Jud 5:10; 10:4; 12:14; Ps 75:2; 82:3,41 Samuel 10:17
unto the Lord.7:5,6; Jud 20:1
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