1 Samuel 7:8-12
1 Samuel 7:8
So the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that He will save us from the hand of the Philistines!”
1 Samuel 7:9
Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
1 Samuel 7:10
Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines advanced to battle Israel. But the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that they were struck down before Israel.
1 Samuel 7:11
And the men of Israel came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and killed them as far as below Beth-car.
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebenezer, saying, “So far the Lord has helped us.”