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And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If with all your heart you are turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths[a] from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” So the Israelites[b] removed the Baals[c] and the Ashtoreths, and they served Yahweh alone.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:3 Hebrew plural “Ashtaroth” (Ashtoreth was the female consort of Ba’al)
  2. 1 Samuel 7:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. 1 Samuel 7:4 Hebrew plural “Be’alim” (Ba’al was a major Canaanite deity)