1 Samuel 7:11-14
7:12 a Ebenezer: The location of this stone memorial is unknown. The Philistines had defeated Israel and captured the Ark at a place with the same name (4:1 b; 5:1 c). Samuel erected this memorial to commemorate God’s help in turning the tide against the Philistine attacks.7:13 d The Philistines were quiet for some time—until Saul became king (see 13:5 e).
• God’s powerful hand, not Samuel’s giftedness, was the key factor in Israel’s deliverance from the Philistines.
7:14 f The Amorites had inhabited Canaan and the region east of the Jordan before Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land (see Gen 15:16 g; Deut 3:8 h; Josh 2:10 i). Some Amorites remained in the area after the conquest (see 2 Sam 21:2 j).
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