Lux Domini

1 Samuel 7:12

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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HopeLeadershipAnointingObedience

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1 Samuel 7:91 Samuel 7:10Romans 8:24Revelation 21:4

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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.