11 And the men of Israel went from Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them until they came under Beth Car.

12 Then Samuel took a stone, and pitched it between Mizpah and [a]Shen, and called the name thereof Ebenezer, and he said, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

13 ¶ So the Philistines were brought under, and they came no more again into the coasts of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Which was a great rock over against Mizpah.

11 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.

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