1 Samuel 7:4
And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 to the Lord.
Cross References
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.
2 Kings 23:15Also the high altar in Bethel, which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that high altar he tore down, and broke in pieces the stones of it, and reduced it to powder, and burned the grove.
Hosea 14:8They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Lebanon.
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 →