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Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel.
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And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car.
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Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the Lord has helped us."
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So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
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And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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He went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.
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But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.