1 Samuel 7:4

Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

In Context

3And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying: 'If ye do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto the LORD, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'

5And Samuel said: 'Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.'

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Cross References

Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD; 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 broke down; and he burned the high place and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.

Hosea 14:8(14-9) Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-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 →

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