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11 The men of Israel ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistines all the way to Beth Car. They killed Philistine soldiers all along the way.

Peace Comes to Israel

12 After this Samuel set up a special stone to help people remember what God did. Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen[a] and named the stone “Stone of Help.”[b] Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place.”

13 The Philistines were defeated and did not enter the land of Israel again. The Lord was against the Philistines during the rest of Samuel’s life.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Shen Or “Jeshanah,” a town about 17 miles north of Jerusalem.
  2. 1 Samuel 7:12 Stone of Help Or “Ebenezer.”

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