1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.
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Genesis 22:14And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
Genesis 31:45Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.
Exodus 17:15Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:
Joshua 4:20And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.
1 Samuel 4:1Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.
Psalms 71:6You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 7:8-13
The Israelites Attacked by the Philistines; Samuel's Intercession for Israel. ( b. c. 1099.) 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it… Read the whole commentary →