12. Then Samuel took a stone, set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and said, “The Lord has helped us all the way” — and he named it “Stone of Help”.
13. So the Philistines were defeated, and the Lord prevented them from invading Israel's territory as long as Samuel lived.
14. All the cities which the Philistines had captured between Ekron and Gath were returned to Israel, and so Israel got back all its territory. And there was peace also between the Israelites and the Canaanites.
15. Samuel ruled Israel as long as he lived.
16. Every year he would go round to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and in these places he would settle disputes.