So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel: and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
The cities were restored to Israel from Ekron to Gath  (1 Samuel 7:14). "This does not mean that the Israelites overthrew Ekron and Gath, but that they regained Judean cities along the border between those cities."[20]