1 Samuel 7:5

Mizpeh. Or, Mizpah. The word means “lookout point.” In Hebrew a mizpeh was a “watch-tower,” and is so translated in Isa. 21:8. The two spellings are used interchangeably even when referring to the same site. Samuel’s Mizpah was for years thought (and is still thought by some) to be the modern Nebi Samwil, 5 mi. (8 km.) northwest of Jerusalem, but excavation at that site has not been possible because a tomb there is sacred to the Arabs as the traditional burial place of Samuel. However, excavations tend to support the identification of Mizpah with the modern Tell en-Nasbeh, 7 1/2 mi. (12.2 km.) north of Jerusalem on the main road to Samaria.