1 Samuel 7:13-17

7:13 So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control ¹  of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites. 7:15 So Samuel led ²  Israel all the days of his life. 7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, ³  Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places. 7:17 Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged ⁴  Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

[7:14]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[7:15]  ² tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).

[7:16]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).