1 Samuel 10:17
“31. Mizpah, as I said, is interpreted as "watchtower." In the ordination of the king, the people are called to Mizpah, because those who come together to ordain a pastor of holy Church are taught to attend to his spiritual qualities, not his carnal ones. To watch, indeed, is to recognize the preacher to be ordained th…”
Source: Septuagint
17And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Mizpah.
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15And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray thee, What did Samuel say to thee?
16And Saul said to his kinsman, He verily told me that the asses were found. But the matter of the kingdom he told him not.
— 1 Samuel 10:17 —
18And he said to the children of Israel, Thus has the Lord God of Israel spoken, saying, I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and out of all the kingdoms that afflicted you.
19And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.