Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 7:12

12 Sǎmǔĕr jiāng yī kuaì shítou lì zaì Mǐsībā hé shàn de zhōngjiān , gĕi shítou qǐmíng jiào yǐbiàn Yǐxiè , shuō , dào rújīn Yēhéhuá dōu bāngzhu wǒmen .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 7:12

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, and designs the precipice of a rock which juts out, and hangs over in the form of one:

and called the name of it Ebenezer;
which signifies "the stone of help"; and is the same place which by anticipation has this name, ( 1 Samuel 4:1 ) , so that in the selfsame place where the Israelites were twice beaten by the Philistines, and the ark taken, was this salvation wrought for them:

saying, hitherto hath the Lord helped us;
this was but the beginning of their deliverance from the Philistines, and which was owing to the help of the Lord; and as he had begun to help them, they might hope and encourage themselves that he would go on to help them until their deliverance was completed: however, they with Samuel thought it their duty, which was right, to acknowledge what the Lord had done for them, and perpetuate the memory of it, though they could not be sure what he would do for them hereafter; yet as they were sensible of, and thankful for this instance of his goodness, they hoped for more, and had their dependence on him for future success against their enemies.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 7:12 In-Context

10 Sǎmǔĕr zhēng xiàn Fánjì de shíhou , Fēilìshì rén qián lái yào yǔ Yǐsèliè rén zhēng zhàn . dāng rì , Yēhéhuá dà fā léi shēng , jīng luàn Fēilìshì rén , tāmen jiù baì zaì Yǐsèliè rén miànqián .

11 Yǐsèliè rén cóng Mǐsībā chūlai , zhuīgǎn Fēilìshì rén , jī shā tāmen , zhídào bǎi jiǎ de xiàbiān .

12 Sǎmǔĕr jiāng yī kuaì shítou lì zaì Mǐsībā hé shàn de zhōngjiān , gĕi shítou qǐmíng jiào yǐbiàn Yǐxiè , shuō , dào rújīn Yēhéhuá dōu bāngzhu wǒmen .

13 Cóngcǐ , Fēilìshì rén jiù beì zhìfú , bù gǎn zaì rù Yǐsèliè rén de jìng neì . Sǎmǔĕr zuò shì shī de shíhou , Yēhéhuá de shǒu gōngjī Fēilìshì rén .

14 Fēilìshì rén suǒ qǔ Yǐsèliè rén de chéngyì , cóng Yǐgélún zhídào Jiātè , dōu guī Yǐsèliè rén le . shǔ zhèxie chéng de sì jìng , Yǐsèliè rén yĕ cóng Fēilìshì rén shǒu xià shōu huí . nàshí Yǐsèliè rén yǔ Yàmólìrén héhǎo .