So Abraham gave that place a name, “YAHWEH YIREH.” [125] Even today people say, “On this mountain, the Lord can be seen.”
1 Samuel 7:12 - Easy To Read Version After this, Samuel set up a special stone. {He did this to help people remember the things God did.} Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen. [87] Samuel named the stone “Stone of Help.” [88] Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and he called the name of it Ebenezer [stone of help], saying, Heretofore the Lord has helped us. American Standard Version (1901) Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us. Common English Bible Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah. He named it Ebenezer, explaining, “The LORD helped us to this very point.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Samuel took a single stone, and he placed it between Mizpah and Shen. And he called the name of this place: The Stone of Assistance. And he said, "For in this place the Lord gave assistance to us." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of Help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us. |
So Abraham gave that place a name, “YAHWEH YIREH.” [125] Even today people say, “On this mountain, the Lord can be seen.”
God, you have taught mesince I was a young boy.And to this day I have told peopleabout the wonderful things you do!
I depended on you even before I was born.I relied on you even in my mother’s body.I have always prayed to you.
Then Moses built an altar. [118] Moses named the altar, “The Lord is my flag.”
At that time, there will be an altar {\cf2\super [193]} for the Lord in the middle of Egypt. At the border of Egypt there will be a monument to show honor to the Lord.
But God helped me, and he is still helping me today. With God’s help I am standing here today and telling all people the things I have seen. But I am saying nothing new. I am saying the same things that Moses and the prophets {\cf2\super [498]} said would happen.
God saved us from these great dangers of death. And God will continue to save us. We have put our hope in him, and he will continue to save us.
(Joshua also put twelve rocks in the middle of the Jordan River. He put them at the place where the priests stood while carrying the Lord’s Holy Box. [15] Those rocks are still at that place today.)
Then Saul built an altar for the Lord. Saul himself began building that altar for the Lord!
News about Samuel spread through all of Israel. Eli was very old. His sons kept doing bad things before the Lord. [40]
The Philistines carried God’s Holy Box, [55] from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
The men of Israel ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistines. They chased them all the way to Beth Car. They killed Philistine soldiers all along the way.