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 7:14

7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control ³  of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Samuel 14:4

14:4 Now there was a steep cliff on each side of the pass through which Jonathan intended to go to reach the Philistine garrison. One cliff was named Bozez, the other Seneh.

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ⁴  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ⁵  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ⁶  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

[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.

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “hand.”

[20:3]  ⁵ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ⁶ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.