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.

[7:12]  ¹ tn Cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT “Jeshanah.”

[7:12]  ² sn The name Ebenezer (אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר) means “stone of help” in Hebrew (cf. TEV); NLT adds the meaning parenthetically after the name.

[7:16]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.