The exact location of Mitzpah Shmuel like many other locations of places mentioned in Tanach is often the subject of disagreement. The popular opinion is that Mitzpah is a place the Arabs refer to as "Nebi-Samwil" which is also said to contain the burial place of Shmuel (although in the Navi it says he was buried in his birthplace of Ramah).

Nebi Samwil

How many different eras of building architecture can you see in the picture below?



Nebi Samwil

Looking out from Nebi Samwil towards Jerusalem.

Is this why it is called "Mitzpah"?

Nebi Samwil



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