1 Samuel 7:12-17

12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, explaining, “The Lord has helped us to this point.”

13So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israel’s territory again. The Lord’s hand was against the Philistines all of Samuel’s life.

14The cities from Ekron to Gath, which they had taken from Israel, were restored; Israel even rescued their surrounding territories from Philistine control. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

15Samuel judged Israel throughout his life.

16Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.

17Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, he judged Israel there, and he built an altar to the Lord there.