The writer has just finished telling how the Philistines were subdued. If your language has a way of marking the end of a description, you could use it here.
# the Philistines were subdued
This can be translated in active form. AT: "Yahweh subdued the Philistines" or "Yahweh kept the Philistines from causing harm" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
This can be stated in active form. Possible meanings are 1) Here "Israel" refers to the "land" of Israel. "Yahweh restored to the land of Israel the towns ... from Israel" or 2) "Israel" is a metonym for the people who live there. AT: "the people of Israel were able to reclaim the towns ... from Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])