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Ebenezer

site of Israelite and Philistine battles

Site of Israel's catastrophic defeat and loss of the ark to the Philistines, and later the place of their decisive victory where Samuel raised a memorial stone called Ebenezer.

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Who or what is this?

Ebenezer is a site in Israel associated with two pivotal encounters with the Philistines. In 1 4, the encamp at Ebenezer before being defeated twice by the Philistines at Aphek, with four thousand men killed in the first battle and thirty thousand in the second; in that second rout the ark of the covenant is captured. Decades later, after Israel repents under Samuel's leadership, the LORD throws the Philistines into confusion at the same location (1 Sam 7:10–12). Samuel commemorates the victory by setting up a stone and naming it Ebenezer — 'Stone of Help' — saying, 'Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.'

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Places in this story

Modern location: Izbet Sartah. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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