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1 Samuel 7:4

Israel
Repentance

2 And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.

5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

6 When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

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BSB
So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
KJV
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
WEB
Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
ASV
Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.
DARBY
And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only.
BLB
And the sons of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and they served YHWH only.
ÅB
Da skilte Israels barn seg av med Ba'alene og Astartebildene og tjente Herren alene.
OTB
Så fjernet israelittene Baalene og Astartene og tjente Herren alene.
B1930
Da skilte Israels barn sig av med Ba'alene og Astarte-billedene og tjente Herren alene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 14:8

    O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

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  • Hosea 14:3

    Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

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  • Judges 2:13

    for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

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  • 1 Kings 11:33

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

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  • Judges 10:15–16

    “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

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  • Judges 2:11

    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

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