1 Samuel 7:12-17 - Peace Comes To Israel

¹² Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He said: Jehovah helped us all the way. He named it: Stone of Help. ¹³ The Philistines were defeated. Jehovah prevented them from invading Israel's territory as long as Samuel lived. ¹⁴ The cities between Ekron and Gath that the Philistines took from Israel were returned to Israel. Israel recovered the territory controlled by these cities from the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

¹⁵ Samuel judged Israel as long as he lived. ¹⁶ Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places. ¹⁷ Then he returned home to Ramah where he judged Israel. And in Ramah he built an altar to Jehovah.