1 Samuel 7:3
Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
4Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you shall seek the LORD your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 10:20You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 30:2and return to the LORD your God and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,
Joshua 24:23“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Judges 2:13They abandoned the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Judges 10:16They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery 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 →