Then Samueltooka stoneand setit betweenMizpahand Shen,and namedit Ebenezer,saying,"Thusfarthe LORDhas helpedus."
Abrahamcalledthe nameof that placeThe LORDWill Provide,as it is saidto this day,"In the mountof the LORDit will be provided."
Jacobsetup a pillarin the placewhereHe had spokenwith him, a pillarof stone,and he pouredout a drinkofferingon it; he also pouredoilon it.
O God,You have taughtme from my youth,And I stilldeclareYour wondrousdeeds.
By You I have been sustainedfrom [my] birth;You are He who tookme from my mother'swomb;My praiseis continuallyof You.
Mosesbuiltan altarand namedit The LORDis My Banner;
In that daythere will be an altarto the LORDin the midstof the landof Egypt,and a pillarto the LORDnearits border.
"So,having obtainedhelpfrom God,I standto thisdaytestifyingbothto smalland great,statingnothingbut whatthe Prophetsand Mosessaidwas goingto take place;
whodeliveredus from so greata [peril of] death,and will deliver[us], He on whomwe have set our hope.And He will yetdeliverus,
Then Joshuasetup twelvestonesin the middleof the Jordanat the placewherethe feetof the priestswho carriedthe arkof the covenantwere standing,and they are thereto thisday.
And Saulbuiltan altarto the LORD;it was the firstaltarthat he builtto the LORD.
Thus the wordof Samuelcameto allIsrael.Now Israelwentout to meetthe Philistinesin battleand campedbesideEbenezerwhile the Philistinescampedin Aphek.
Now the Philistinestookthe arkof Godand broughtit from Ebenezerto Ashdod.
The menof Israelwentout of Mizpahand pursuedthe Philistines,and struckthem downas faras belowBeth-car.
