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1 Samuel 7:5
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Samuel addresses the Israelites immediately after they have abandoned their idols and resumed exclusive worship of the LORD. He commands them to assemble at Mizpah for a corporate gathering.
The words — The imperative קִבְצ֥וּ (kiv.Tzu) commands a collective gathering, while the cohortative וְ/אֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל (ve./'et.pa.Lel) expresses Samuel’s intent to intercede before God.
The thread — The call to assemble at Mizpah parallels the national muster in Judges 20:1, while Samuel’s pledge to intercede prefigures his later declaration in 1 Samuel 12:23.
Why it lands — The text demands a response to prophetic authority by convening for corporate confession and recognizing intercession as the mechanism for divine engagement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.
Cross-references
- Judges 20:1 Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- Joshua 15:38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 7:16 Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- 1 Samuel 10:17 After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 2 Kings 25:23 When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
- Nehemiah 9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
- Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.