1 Samuel 7:4
Good News Translation
So the Israelites got rid of their idols of Baal and Astarte, and worshiped only the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
So Israel put away the Baals and the Astartes, and they served the LORD only.

Contemporary English Version
The people got rid of their idols of Baal and Astarte and began worshiping only the LORD.

New American Bible
So the Israelites removed their Baals and Astartes, and served the LORD alone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

Judges 2:11,13 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim . . .

Judges 10:15,16 And the children of Israel said to the Lord: We have sinned, do thou unto us whatsoever pleaseth thee: only deliver us this time. . . .

1 Kings 11:33 Because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chamos, the god of Moab, and Moloch, the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my ways, to do justice before me, and to keep my precepts, and judgments, as did David, his father.

Hosea 14:3,8 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods: for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee. . . .

Context
Samuel Subdues the Philistines
3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.5And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 7:5
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.

1 Kings 8:48
And return to thee with all their heart, and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led captives: and pray to thee towards the way of their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, and of the city which thou hast chosen, and of the temple which I have built to thy name:

1 Kings 11:5
But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.

1 Samuel 7:3
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