12 Then Samuel (A)took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it [a]Ebenezer, saying, “[b]So far the Lord has helped us.” 13 (B)So the Philistines were subdued, and (C)they did not come anymore within the border of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 I.e., the stone of help
  2. 1 Samuel 7:12 Lit As far as here

12 Then Samuel took a stone(A) and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[a](B) saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

13 So the Philistines were subdued(C) and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help.