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Ebenezer

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Named at 1 Samuel 4:1, where Israel went out against the Philistines to battle and encamped beside Ebenezer. At 5:1 the Philistines, who had taken God’s ark, brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. At 7:12 Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.” This collection records the Ebenezer of the three verses under one entry, and does not decide whether they are the same place.

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Israel encamps beside Ebenezer and is defeated by the Philistines (Event)Israel encamp…The stone Samuel sets between Mizpah and Shen, named Ebenezer (Event)The stone Sam…

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  • 1SA 4:1–2, engwebp

    1The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

    2The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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  • 1SA 5:1–5, engwebp

    1Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

    2The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

    3When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.

    4When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.

    5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

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  • 1SA 7:12, engwebp

    12Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.”

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AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26

Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Ebenezer of 1 Samuel 4:1 and 5:1, and the stone Samuel names Ebenezer at 7:12
  • 1 Samuel 4:1 says that Israel went out against the Philistines to battle and encamped beside Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Aphek; 5:1 says that the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. These verses do not say where Ebenezer is.
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    • 1SA 4:1–2, engwebp

      1The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

      2The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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    • 1SA 5:1–5, engwebp

      1Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

      2The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

      3When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.

      4When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.

      5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:12 says, “Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, ‘The LORD helped us until now.’”
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1 Samuel 4:1 says that Israel encamped beside Ebenezer, 5:1 that the Philistines brought God’s ark from Ebenezer to Ashdod, and 7:12 that Samuel called the stone he set between Mizpah and Shen Ebenezer. In the text the name at 4:1 and 5:1 comes before the naming at 7:12, and the text does not say whether these are one place or two. This collection records the Ebenezer of the three verses under one entry, and does not decide whether they are the same place.

Geographic sources & candidates

Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Ebenezer 1” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Izbet Sartah (confidence 589 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29

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1 Samuel 4:1 Open that verse

The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

1 Samuel 5:1 Open that verse

Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 7:12 Open that verse

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.”

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Entry: Ebenezer (place-ebenezer)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/ebenezer
Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 4:1, where Israel went out against the Philistines to battle and encamped beside Ebenezer. At 5:1 the Philistines, who had taken God’s ark, brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. At 7:12 Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.” This collection records the Ebenezer of the three verses under one entry, and does not decide whether they are the same place.
Cited evidence: 1SA 4:1–2, engwebp / 1SA 5:1–5, engwebp / 1SA 7:12, engwebp
Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending

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