Verse 12

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, naming it Ebenezer, saying, 'Thus far, the LORD has helped us.'

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  • Josh 4:9 : 9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, under the place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.
  • Gen 35:14 : 14 Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had spoken with him. He poured out a drink offering on it and also poured oil on it.
  • 1 Sam 5:1 : 1 The Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
  • Acts 26:22 : 22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  • Gen 31:45-52 : 45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 He said to his relatives, 'Gather some stones.' So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed. 48 Laban said, 'This heap is a witness between you and me today.' That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, 'May the LORD watch between you and me when we are out of each other’s sight. 50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.' 51 Laban also said to Jacob, 'Here is the heap, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to harm you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to harm me.
  • 2 Cor 1:10 : 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,
  • Ps 71:17 : 17 God, you have taught me from my youth, and to this day I declare your wondrous works.
  • Isa 19:19 : 19 In that day, there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD on its border.
  • Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been carried by Me from the womb, lifted up from birth. 4 Even to your old age, I am the same, and even to your gray hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will bear you; I will carry and save you.
  • Ps 71:6 : 6 I have relied on you from birth; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
  • Josh 24:26-27 : 26 Joshua recorded these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone will serve as a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.
  • 1 Sam 4:1 : 1 The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle, and they camped at Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
  • Exod 17:15 : 15 Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
  • Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham named that place 'The LORD Will Provide,' as it is said to this day, 'On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.'
  • Gen 28:18-19 : 18 Early in the morning, Jacob took the stone he had used as a pillow, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on its top. 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.