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eleven tribes of Israel assembled and "swore before the Lord"
to exterminate the tribe of Benjamin for an abominable crime
committed by the Benjamites of Geba' and succeeded
(Judges xx. xxi.). At Mispha all the people were sum-
moned by the Prophet Samuel, where they "swore before the
Lord" to destroy all their idols and images, and then were
saved from the hands of the Philistines (I Sam. vii). It
was here that the nation assembled and Saul was appointed
king over Israel (1 Sam. x) . In short, every national
question of great moment was decided at this Mispha or at
Bethel. It seems that these shrines were built upon high
places or upon a raised platform, often called Ramoth, which
signifies a "high place." Even after the building of the
gorgeous Temple of Solomon, the Misphas were held in great
reverence. But, like the Ka'aba at Mecca, these Misphas
were often filled with idols and images. After the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Chaldeans, the
to exterminate the tribe of Benjamin for an abominable crime
committed by the Benjamites of Geba' and succeeded
(Judges xx. xxi.). At Mispha all the people were sum-
moned by the Prophet Samuel, where they "swore before the
Lord" to destroy all their idols and images, and then were
saved from the hands of the Philistines (I Sam. vii). It
was here that the nation assembled and Saul was appointed
king over Israel (1 Sam. x) . In short, every national
question of great moment was decided at this Mispha or at
Bethel. It seems that these shrines were built upon high
places or upon a raised platform, often called Ramoth, which
signifies a "high place." Even after the building of the
gorgeous Temple of Solomon, the Misphas were held in great
reverence. But, like the Ka'aba at Mecca, these Misphas
were often filled with idols and images. After the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Chaldeans, the