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1 Samuel 7:4

Israel
Repentance

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.

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.

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 water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

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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

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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  • Hosea 14:3

    Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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  • Judges 2:13

    And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

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  • 1 Kings 11:33

    Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

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  • Judges 10:15–16

    And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

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  • Judges 2:11

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

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