Ebenezer

Eb´uh-nee´zuhr; Heb., “stone of help”

A site near Aphek, four miles south of Gilgal, according to 1 Samuel. In the account of the double defeat of the Israelites and capture of the Ark by the Philistines (1Sam 4:1-11; 1Sam 5:1), the name has an ironic ring. In (1Sam 7:2-12) Samuel names a stone Ebenezer to commemorate God’s help in Israel’s recovery of the same territory.