Mizpeh of Moab
모압 미스베
Named at 1 Samuel 22:3: “David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, ‘Please let my father and my mother come out to you, until I know what God will do for me.’”
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- 1SA 22:3–5, engwebp
3David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out to you, until I know what God will do for me.”
4He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
5The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Mizpeh 3” by name and 1 shared verse. Its leading identification scores only 219 of 1000, so it is listed as a candidate and not adopted as a coordinate. 2 other identifications are listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- another name for Kir-hareseth
OpenBible.info confidence 219 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.18056, 35.70139
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Mizpeh 3” (CC BY 4.0) - Rujm el Meshrefeh
OpenBible.info confidence 173 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.54633, 35.77646
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Mizpeh 3” (CC BY 4.0) - in Moab 1
OpenBible.info confidence 170 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.18056, 35.70139
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Mizpeh 3” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (1) — David goes to Mizpeh of Moab and makes his request to the king of Moab, and the prophet Gad tells him to go into the land of Judah
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David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out to you, until I know what God will do for me.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Mizpeh of Moab (place-mizpeh-moab) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/mizpeh-moab Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 22:3: “David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, ‘Please let my father and my mother come out to you, until I know what God will do for me.’” Cited evidence: 1SA 22:3–5, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.