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1 Samuel 7:12

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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֜לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050 →
אֶ֣בֶן'E.vena stoneH68 →
אַחַ֗ת'a.ChatoneH259 →
וַיָּ֤שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he put [it]H7760 →
בֵּֽין־bein-betweenH996 →
הַמִּצְפָּה֙ha.mitz.Pah<the> MizpahH4709 →
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
הַשֵּׁ֔ןha.Shen<the> ShenH8129 →
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמָ֖הּshe.Mahname itsH8034 →
אֶ֣בֶן'E.venEben-H72 →
הָעָ֑זֶרha.'A.zer-ezerH72 →
וַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
הֵ֖נָּהHe.nahnowH2008 →
עֲזָרָ֥נוּ'a.za.Ra.nuhe has helped usH5826 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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2 Corinthians 1:10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”Genesis 35:14So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.1 Samuel 5:1After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,Isaiah 46:3–4“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.Genesis 31:45–52So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,Joshua 24:26–27Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.Joshua 4:20–24And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.Genesis 28:18–19Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,Psalms 71:6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.1 Samuel 4:1Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.Isaiah 19:19In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.1 Chronicles 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

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