1 Samuel 7:12

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Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying,“Up to here 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 in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.
  • Gen 35:14 : 14 So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it.
  • 1 Sam 5:1 : 1 God Sends Trouble for the Philistines with the Ark Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
  • Acts 26:22 : 22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:
  • Gen 31:45-52 : 45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar. 46 Then he said to his relatives,“Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 Laban said,“This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah because he said,“May the LORD watch between us when we are out of sight of one another. 50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.” 51 “Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob. 52 “This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.
  • 2 Cor 1:10 : 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.
  • Isa 19:19 : 19 At that time there will be an altar for the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar dedicated to the LORD at its border.
  • Isa 46:3-4 : 3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb. 4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.
  • Ps 71:6 : 6 I have leaned on you since birth; you pulled me from my mother’s womb. I praise you continually.
  • Josh 24:26-27 : 26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the LORD’s shrine. 27 Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”
  • 1 Sam 4:1 : 1 Samuel revealed the word of the LORD to all Israel.The Ark of the Covenant is Lost to the PhilistinesThen the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.
  • Exod 17:15 : 15 Moses built an altar, and he called it“The LORD is my Banner,”
  • Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place“The LORD provides.” It is said to this day,“In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made.”
  • Gen 28:18-19 : 18 Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

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  • 1 Sam 4:1
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    1Samuel revealed the word of the LORD to all Israel.The Ark of the Covenant is Lost to the PhilistinesThen the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.

  • 1 Sam 7:5-11
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    5Then Samuel said,“Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

    6After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there,“We have sinned against the LORD.”So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.

    7When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

    8The Israelites said to Samuel,“Keep crying out to the LORD our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!”

    9So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.

    10As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.

    11Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

  • 1 Sam 7:13-15
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    13So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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

    15So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
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    17Then Samuel called the people together before the LORD at Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 14:4-5
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    69%

    4Now 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.

    5The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

  • 1 Sam 17:1-3
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    1David Kills Goliath The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

    2Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.

    3The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 14:23
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    23So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.

  • 1 Sam 12:5-7
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    5He said to them,“The LORD is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” They said,“He is witness!”

    6Samuel said to the people,“The LORD is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.

    7Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the LORD regarding all the LORD’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.

  • 1 Sam 15:12
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    12Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed,“Saul has gone to Carmel where he is setting up a monument for himself.” Then Samuel left and went down to Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 7:3
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    3Samuel said to all the people of Israel,“If you are really turning to the LORD with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the LORD and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    68%

    52Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 12:11
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    11So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
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    20Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”

  • 1 Sam 10:23
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    23So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

  • 1 Sam 17:47
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    47and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves! For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

  • 1 Sam 4:3
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    3When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”

  • 1 Sam 13:15
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    15Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 9:15-16
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    15Now the day before Saul arrived, the LORD had told Samuel:

    16“At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

  • 1 Sam 29:1
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    1David Is Rejected by the Philistine Leaders The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.

  • 1 Sam 17:40-41
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    40He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

    41The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

  • Josh 24:27
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    27Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”

  • Ps 118:13
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    13“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
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    1Samuel said to all Israel,“I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
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    19They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

  • Josh 7:26
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    26Then they erected over him a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day) and the LORD’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

  • 2 Sam 23:12
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    12But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the LORD gave them a great victory.

  • Gen 31:45
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    45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
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    20All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37David went on to say,“The LORD who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David,“Go! The LORD will be with you.”

  • 2 Sam 5:20
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    20So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said,“The LORD has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

  • Judg 15:11
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    11Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson,“Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them,“I have only done to them what they have done to me.”

  • Judg 15:9
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    9The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
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    9Saul Becomes King As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. All these signs happened on that very day.

  • 1 Sam 8:4
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    4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 13:6
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    6The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.