1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
4And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:29And there ye shall seek the Lord your God, and ye shall find him whenever ye shall seek him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.
Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt cleave to him, and shalt swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 30:2and shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice, according to all things which I charge thee this day, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
Joshua 24:23And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.
Judges 2:13And they provoked the Lord, and forsook him, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 7:2-3
The Ark at Kirjath-jearim. ( b. c. 1099.) 1 And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord , and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord . 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord . Here we must attend the ark to Kirjath-jearim, and then leave it there, to hear not a word more of it except once ( ch.… Read the whole commentary →