1 Samuel 7:12
New Catholic Bible
12 Samuel then took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He called it “Ebenezer,” saying “the Lord helped us here.”[a]
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- 1 Samuel 7:12 The Israelites set up a stone in gratitude for the Lord’s help in rescuing them from the Philistines.
1 Samuel 7:12
King James Version
12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
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1 Samuel 7:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 Samuel then took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Jeshanah; he named it Ebenezer,[a] explaining, “As far as this place the Lord has been our help.”
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- 7:12 Ebenezer: “stone of the helper,” i.e., the Lord.
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