Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
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Interpretation
The Philistines invaded Israel. When sinners begin to repent and reform, they must expect that Satan will muster all his force against them, and set his instruments at work to the utmost, to oppose and discourage them.
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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 7:9-12.
Glossary
- Samuel Person
- Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20 .
- Mizpah Place
- Or Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (1. ) A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot ( Gen. 31:49 ) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram. Modern identification: Tell en Nasbeh.
- Ebenezer Place
- Biblical rock. Modern identification: between Mizpah and Shen.
- Shen Place
- A tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag ( 1 Sam. 7:12 ), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his “Ebenezer. ” In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed. Modern identification: Burj el Isaneh.