1 Samuel 7:4 “So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only th…”

1 Samuel 7:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

World English Bible

Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

American Standard Version

Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serued the Lord onely.

Darby Translation

And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only.

Young's Literal Translation

And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;

Bible in Basic English

So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

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Cross references

“Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.”

Hosea 14:8 Hosea 14:3 Judges 2:11 Judges 2:13 1 Kings 11:33 Judges 10:15

Hosea 14:8 · BSB

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.

Hosea 14:3 · BSB

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.”

Judges 2:11 · BSB

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

Judges 2:13 · BSB

for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

1 Kings 11:33 · BSB

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 k…

Judges 10:15 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away 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.”

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

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