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1. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Eben-ezer
   stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel to
   commemorate the divine assistance to Israel in their great
   battle against the Philistines, whom they totally routed (1 Sam.
   7:7-12) at Aphek, in the neighbourhood of Mizpeh, in Benjamin,
   near the western entrance of the pass of Beth-horon. On this
   very battle-field, twenty years before, the Philistines routed
   the Israelites, "and slew of the army in the field about four
   thousand men" (4:1,2; here, and at 5:1, called "Eben-ezer" by
   anticipation). In this extremity the Israelites fetched the ark
   out of Shiloh and carried it into their camp. The Philistines a
   second time immediately attacked them, and smote them with a
   very great slaughter, "for there fell of Israel thirty thousand
   footmen. And the ark of God was taken" (1 Sam. 4:10). And now in
   the same place the Philistines are vanquished, and the memorial
   stone is erected by Samuel (q.v.). The spot where the stone was
   erected was somewhere "between Mizpeh and Shen." Some have
   identified it with the modern Beit Iksa, a conspicuous and
   prominent position, apparently answering all the necessary
   conditions; others with Dier Aban, 3 miles east of 'Ain Shems.
   

2. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Eben-ezer, the stone of help


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