1 Samuel 7:6-13
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6When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD . On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD .” Now Samuel was serving as leader
9Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD . He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him. 10While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.
11The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.
12Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,