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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Lit. Stone of Help

12 Sh’mu’el took a stone, placed it between Mitzpah and Shen, and gave it the name Even-‘Ezer [stone of help], explaining, “Adonai has helped us until now.”

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12 Samuel then took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah.[a] He named it Ebenezer (which means “the stone of help”), for he said, “Up to this point the Lord has helped us!”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:12 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads Shen.