1 Samuel 7:12

7:12 Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. 1  He named it Ebenezer, 2  saying, “Up to here the Lord has helped us.”

1 Samuel 7:16

7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, 3  Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

1 tn Cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT “Jeshanah.”

2 sn The name Ebenezer (אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר) means “stone of help” in Hebrew (cf. TEV); NLT adds the meaning parenthetically after the name.

3 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.