Ramath-mizpeh
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A place east of the Jordan in the territory of the tribe of Gad [Judg 10:17 ; Judg 11:11 , Judg 11:29 ], possibly identical with Masphe [Josh 13:26 ], also called Ramoth Gilead [Deut 4:43 ; 1Kgs 4:31 ; 2Kgs 8:28 ] or simply Ramah [2Kgs 8:29 ]. It was assigned to the Levites [Josh 21:38 ] and turned into a city of refuge [Deut 4:43 ; Josh 20:8 ]. Jephthah once lived here [Judg 11:34 ], and during Solomon's reign, it was home to one of the 12 tax officials of the land [1Kgs 4:13 ]. It fell into the hands of the Syrian kings [1Kgs 22:3 ff; 2Kgs 8:28 ]. During the Maccabean wars, it was captured and destroyed by Judas Maccabeus. It was located somewhere on the Jabbok River.
Biblical Dictionary by Adolf Novotný
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Ramath-mizpeh
the height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh 13:26 ), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, "Mizpeh of Gilead," called also Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the modern es-Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south of the Jabbok.
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