12. And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
13. And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.
14. And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.
15. And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
16. And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.
17. And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.