1 Samuel 7:12
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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.

took a stone

Genesis 28:18,19 And Jacob arising in the morning, took the stone which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it. . . .

Genesis 31:45-52 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title. . . .

Genesis 35:14 But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink-offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:

Joshua 4:9,20-24 And Joshua put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant: and they are there until this present day. . . .

Joshua 24:26,27 And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord: and he took a great stone, and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 19:19 In that day there shall be an altar of the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a monument of the Lord at the borders thereof:

Eben-ezer.

1 Samuel 4:1 And 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,

1 Samuel 5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus.

Genesis 22:14 And 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.

Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar; and called the name thereof, The Lord, my exaltation, saying:

Hitherto

Psalm 71:6,17 By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: from my mother's womb thou art my protector. Of thee I shall continually sing: . . .

Isaiah 46:3,4 They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity. . . .

Acts 26:22 But being aided by the help of God, I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other thing than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come to pass:

2 Corinthians 1:10 Who hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers: in whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us,

Context
Samuel Subdues the Philistines
11And the men of Israel going out of Masphath, pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar. 12And 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.13And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.…
Cross References
Genesis 35:14
But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink-offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:

Joshua 4:9
And Joshua put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant: and they are there until this present day.

Joshua 24:26
And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord: and he took a great stone, and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord.

1 Samuel 4:1
And 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,

1 Samuel 5:1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus.

1 Samuel 7:11
And the men of Israel going out of Masphath, pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.

1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul built an altar to the Lord: and he then first began to build an altar to the Lord.

Lexicon
Afterward, Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

took
וַיִּקַּ֨ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a
אַחַ֗ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

stone
אֶ֣בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

and set [it] up
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

between
בֵּֽין־ (bên-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

Mizpah
הַמִּצְפָּה֙ (ham·miṣ·pāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4709: Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel

and Shen.
הַשֵּׁ֔ן (haš·šên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8129: Shen -- 'tooth', a place near Mizpah

He named
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

it Ebenezer,
הָעָ֑זֶר (hā·‘ā·zer)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 72: Ebenezer -- 'stone of the help', a place of uncertain location, also a commemorative stone

saying,
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Thus
הֵ֖נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2008: Hither, thither

far
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has helped us.”
עֲזָרָ֥נוּ (‘ă·zā·rā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5826: To surround, protect, aid


Additional Translations
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Till now has the LORD helped us.

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.

And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old city; and he called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us.

And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, and said, Hitherto Jehovah has helped us.

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, "Yahweh helped us until now."

And Samuel taketh a stone, and setteth it between Mizpeh and Shen, and calleth its name Eben-Ezer, saying, 'Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.'
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