1 Samuel 7:12
And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 22:14And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see.
Genesis 31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title:
Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar: and called the name thereof, The Lord my exaltation, saying:
Joshua 4:20And the twelve stones which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal,
1 Samuel 4:1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight: and Israel went out to war against the Philistines, and camped by the Stone of help. And the Philistines came to Aphec,
Psalms 71:6By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: from my mother's womb thou art my protector. Of thee shall I continually sing:
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 →