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10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines approached to attack Israel. But that day the Lord thundered against the Philistines and threw them into panic, and they were defeated before Israel. 11 The men of Israel went out from Mizpah, pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as a point below Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, placed it between Mizpah and Shen[a] and named it Ebenezer.[b] He said, “The Lord has helped us this far.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Lit. the tooth; perhaps referring to a prominent rock formation. Syr reads Jeshanah
  2. 1 Samuel 7:12 MT means Stone of Help