Ramath-mizpeh
Ramath-mizpeh is a settlement mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Jel‘ad. The name means “elevation of the watch-tower.”
Where is Ramath-mizpeh?
Approx. 32.1185, 35.7770 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jel‘ad | settlement | Low |
| another name for Mizpah 1 | settlement | Medium |
| another name for Ramoth-gilead | settlement | Low |
| Khirbet el Qar’a | settlement | Low |
| Khirbet Sara | settlement | Low |
| Iraq al Amir | settlement | Low |
Ramath-mizpeh in the Bible dictionary
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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →
Verses that mention Ramath-mizpeh
- Joshua 13:26
And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;