Bible Dictionary
Ramath-mizpeh
Ramath-mizpeh was a place on the boundary of Gad, described as the height or watchtower of Mizpeh. It may have been connected with Mizpeh of Gilead.
Definition
Ramath-mizpeh means “height of Mizpeh” or “height of the watchtower.” It was a place on the boundary of Gad, between Heshbon and Betonim.
Biblical Usage
Ramath-mizpeh is mentioned as one of the limits of the territory assigned to Gad.
Historical Background
It may be identical with Mizpeh of Gilead, the place associated with Jacob and Laban’s covenant, though the identification is uncertain. One proposed site is es-Salt.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's 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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ra'-math-miz'-pe (ramath ha-mitspeh; Codex Vaticanus Araboth kata ten Massepha, Codex Alexandrinus Ramoth kata ten Maspha: A place mentioned in Jos 13:26 in a statement of the boundary of Gad, between Heshbon and Betonim. It may possibly be identical with MIZPAH, (1).</p>