1 Samuel 7:4
Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
In Context
5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.
Cross References
Judges 2:13And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Judges 10:16And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
2 Kings 23:15Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
Hosea 14:8Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 7:4-7
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord , and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord . 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew… Read the whole commentary →