1 Samuel 7:4
Then did the children of Israel put away the Be'alim and the 'Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 2:13And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and 'Ashtaroth.
Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from their midst, and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the trouble of Israel.
2 Kings 23:15So also the altar that was at Beth-el, the high-place which Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, had made,—also that altar and the high-place did he pull down; and he burnt the high-place, ground it small to powder, and burnt then the Asherah.
Hosea 14:8(14:9) Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will observe him; I will be [to him] like a green fir-tree; through 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 →