Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 7:14

14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel , from Ekron even unto Gath, and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines: and there was peace between Israel and the Amorites .

By the Philistines, who, it seems, were frighted into this Restitution by their dread of Samuel, and of the Divine Vengeance. Object. The Philistines had Cities and Garisons in Israel's Land after this time; as 1 Sam. 10. 5. and 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. [illegible: 1+ letters]. Answ. Either therefore those places were not any of [illegible: 1 word] here mentioned; for it is not said, That all their Cities were restored, but onely indefinitely, the cities, and those limited to a certain compass, from Ekron to Gath; or some of the Cities now restored by the Philistines, were afterwards retaken by them.

An agreement for the Cessation of all acts of Hostility.

i. e. The Canaanites, oft called Amorites, because these were forme[illegible: 1+ letters]ly the most Valiant and Terrible of all those Nations, and the first Enemies which the Israelites met with, when they went to take Possession of their Land. They made this Peace with the Canaanites, that they might be more at leasure to oppose the Philistines, now their most Potent Enemies.

Marginal references: Heb. returned.