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Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto has Yahweh helped us.
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The Stone of Help
Samuel set up a stone called 'Ebenezer,' which means 'the stone of help.' Commentators explain this was not an object for worship, but a physical monument to remember God's specific act of deliverance. By placing it at the site of a previous defeat, it powerfully marked God's reversal of their circumstances and served to encourage Israel by making His faithfulness tangible.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shen was a tooth-pointed or sharp-pointed rock (See 1 Samuel 14:4), which is mentioned nowhere else and has not been identified.
19th Century
Anglican
Between Mizpeh and Shen. —The situation of Ha-Shen, “The Tooth,” has not yet been identified. It probably denotes a peak or crag, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samuel took a stone, and set it Not for worship, but as a monument of the victory obtained by the help of God: a…
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