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Ebenezer

3 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

The verses

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In the reference works

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
(stone of help), a stone set up by Samuel after a signal defeat of the Philistines, as a memorial of the "help" received on the occasion from Jehovah. (1 Samuel 7:12) Its position is carefully defined as between Mizpeh and Shen.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 3 references, grouped by sub-topic
  • → Name of a memorial stone 1Sa 7:12
  • → Philistines defeat the Israelites at 1Sa 4
  • → Philistines remove the ark of the covenant from 1Sa 5:1

Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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