Mizpah Under Samuel

A communal fast tied to repentance and renewed allegiance.

Israel gathers at Mizpah, fasts, confesses sin, and re-orients around the LORD under Samuel. This is one of the clearest “national repentance” fast scenes outside the prophets.

Scripture

1 Samuel 7:5-6

5 Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh."

6 They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh." Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.