12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[a] saying, ‘Thus far the Lord has helped us.’

13 So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines. 14 The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighbouring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help.