11. The men of Israel chased them from Mizpah to a place below Beth-car, slaughtering them all along the way.
12. Samuel then took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah. He named it Ebenezer (which means “the stone of help”), for he said, “Up to this point the lord has helped us!”
13. So the Philistines were subdued and didn’t invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the lord’s powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.
14. The Israelite villages near Ekron and Gath that the Philistines had captured were restored to Israel, along with the rest of the territory that the Philistines had taken. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites in those days.
15. Samuel continued as Israel’s judge for the rest of his life.
16. Each year he traveled around, setting up his court first at Bethel, then at Gilgal, and then at Mizpah. He judged the people of Israel at each of these places.