Add parallel Print Page Options

11 The men of Israel ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistines almost to Beth Car, killing the Philistines along the way.

Peace Comes to Israel

12 After this happened Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named the stone Ebenezer,[a] saying, “The Lord has helped us to this point.” 13 So the Philistines were defeated and did not enter the Israelites’ land again.

The Lord was against the Philistines all Samuel’s life.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 7:12 Ebenezer This name means “stone of help.”

Bible Gateway Recommends