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Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. Sen, “the tooth,” a craggy rock of that appearance. Syr. Beth Jasan. Calmet.—some take it to be the same with Bethchar. Malvenda.—It was before ignoble, (Salien) and the situation not known, till this monument was erected, with the inscription, Thus far, and so forth—Help; “Aben-ezer,” mentioned before, Calmet. 4:1. The religious monuments were not prohibited by the law. Leviticus 26:1. Samuel would take every precaution that they should not become objects of idolatry, as he was under the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit. Calmet.
“Ebenezer” means “stone of help”.
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