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10 As Samuel was offering the burnt offering, the Philistines approached to engage in battle with Israel, but on that day the Lord thundered against the Philistines with a loud roar and threw them into a panic, so they were struck down before Israel. 11 The men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them down until they arrived at a point below Beth Kar.

12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named that place Ebenezer,[a] saying, “The Lord has helped us this far.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help.
  2. 1 Samuel 7:12 Or till now