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1 Samuel 7:3

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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then 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.”

WEB World English Bible

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

ASV American Standard Version

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Samuel speaketh unto all the house of Israel, saying, ‘If with all your heart ye are turning back unto Jehovah—turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.’

Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 7

1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, 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.

4 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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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto say שְׁמוּאֵ֗לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuel אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolall בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplace יִשְׂרָאֵל֮H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael לֵאמֹר֒H559 · a.marto say אִם־H518 · imif בְּכָל־H3605 · kolall לְבַבְכֶ֗םH3824 · le.vavheart אַתֶּ֤םH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)שָׁבִים֙H7725 · shuvto return: return אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD הָסִ֜ירוּH5493 · surto turn aside: remove אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֱלֹהֵ֧יH430 · e.lo.himGod הַנֵּכָ֛רH5236 · ne.kharforeign מִתּוֹכְכֶ֖םH8432 · ta.vekhmidst וְהָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתH6252 · ash.ta.rotAshtaroth וְהָכִ֨ינוּH3559 · kunto establish: prepare לְבַבְכֶ֤םH3824 · le.vavheart אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּH5647 · a.vadto serve לְבַדּ֔וֹH905 · badalone: pole וְיַצֵּ֥לH5337 · na.tsalto rescue אֶתְכֶ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]מִיַּ֥דH3027 · yadhand פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃H6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistine

Cross-references

Luke 4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.Deuteronomy 13:4Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Joshua 24:14Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.John 4:24God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.Joshua 24:23Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.Joel 2:12-13Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:1 Kings 8:48And [so] return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:Hosea 6:1-2Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.Deuteronomy 30:2-10And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.Matthew 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.Judges 10:6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.1 Chronicles 22:19Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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