1 Samuel 7:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer,c saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. ”

1 Samuel 7:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shen was a tooth-pointed or sharp-pointed rock (see 1 Samuel 14:4 ), nowhere else mentioned and not identified.
1 Samuel 7:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and (g) Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. (g) Which was a great rock over against Mizpeh.
1 Samuel 7:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel as Judge. Philistines subdued by Divine intervention; probably an ideal picture, by the Deuteronomic writer, of the happy results of Israel's repentance and Samuel's piety peace, victory, an...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 289 MEMORIALS OF GOD’S GOODNESS 1 Samuel 7:12 . 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 helpe...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Called the name of it Eben-ezer - אבן העזר Eben haezer, "...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel delivers Israel from the Philistines The narrative in this chapter is taken from a different source from the account which precedes.
1 Samuel 7:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Between Mizpeh and Shen. — The situation of Ha-Shen, “The Tooth,” has not yet been identified. It probably denotes a peak or crag, a prominent rock formation, so named, like the modern French dent...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IX. NATIONAL DELIVERANCE--THE PHILISTINES SUBDUED. 1 Samuel 7:10-17 . IT must have been with feelings very different from those of their last encounter, when the ark of God was carried...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leading the Nation in God's Ways 1 Samuel 7:5-17 We are here taught the successive steps that must be taken if revival is to be granted to either Church or individual. 1. Unity . All Israel...
1 Samuel 7:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Ark found its resting place temporarily at Gibeah, in the house of Abinadab. A dark period of twenty years is passed over without detailed record. It would seem that during all that time Israel w...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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. This spot between Mizpeh and Shen, was rendered the m...
1 Samuel 7:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE STONE OF HELP ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.’ 1 Samuel 7:12 ‘Ebenezer,’ the help-stone. It was the custom of the Jews to commemorate their victories by erecting stone pillars to the g...
1 Samuel 7:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samuel took a stone, and set it ,.... Not for worship, but as a monument of the victory obtained by the help of God: and this he placed between Mizpeh and Shen ; which latter signifies a tooth...
1 Samuel 7:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 12. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it. ] As a...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Samuel took a stone A rude, unpolished stone, which was not prohibited by that law, Leviticus 26:1 , there being no danger of worshipping such a stone, and this being set up only as a monumen...
1 Samuel 7:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Men from Kirjath-jearim respond to the call to bring the ark there. It is not said how it was transported, nor whether it was Levites who attended it. We are not even told whether Abinadab, to whose...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Attacked by the Philistines; Samuel's Intercession for Israel. B. C. 1099. ...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A stone; a rude, unpolished stone, which was not prohibited by that law, Leviticus 26:1 , there being no danger of worshipping such a stone, and this being set up only as a monument of the victo...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ark Having Been Restored, Israel Defeat the Philistines Through The Prayers of Samuel, YHWH's Representative ( 1 Samuel 7:5-14 ). Analysis. a And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah,...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 7:7 . “When the Philistines heard,” etc. “Apprehending that such a gathering under one so well known as Samuel boded no good to their dominions, and migh...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ebenezer That is, The stone of help.
1 Samuel 7:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:1 . Sanctified Eleazar, a levite, to keep the ark. Holy persons were consecrated by imposition of hands and by sacrifices, as was Samuel, a levite also. Abinadab seems to have been aged...
1 Samuel 7:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Samuel took a stone. The everlasting memorial How few of Egypt’s modern inhabitants know who built those works of wonder that still draw crowds of travellers! It might be said, in the words...
1 Samuel 7:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Samuel 7:1 At Kirjath-jearim the people reverently undertook the charge of the ark, and carried out their arrangements so carefully that no further calamity occurred. On its ar...
1 Samuel 7:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Philistines Overthrown
1 Samuel 7:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:1 ; 1 Samuel 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 1:10 ; Acts 26:22 ; Exodus 17:15 ; Genesis 22:14 ; Genesis 28:18 ; Genesis 28:19 ; Genesis 31:45-52 ; Genesis 35:14 ; Isaiah 19:19 ; Isaiah 46:...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ark with Abinadab 1 Samuel 7:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We cover a period of twenty years, in which the Ark was in the care of the House of Abinadab, under the charge of his son, Eleazar. We...
1 Samuel 7:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A stone — A rude unpolished stone, which was not prohibited by that law, Leviticus 26:1 , there being no danger of worshipping such a stone, and this being set up only as a monument of the victory...

1 Samuel 7:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Samuel 7:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 7:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Samuel 7:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 7:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 7:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes