KJV King James Version
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
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1 Samuel 7:4
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
ASV American Standard Version
Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;
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.
7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard [it], they were afraid of the Philistines.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּסִ֙ירוּ֙H5493 · surto turn aside: removeבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַבְּעָלִ֖יםH1168 · ba.alBaalוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑תH6252 · ash.ta.rotAshtarothוַיַּעַבְד֥וּH5647 · a.vadto serveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְבַדּֽוֹ׃ פH905 · badalone: pole
Cross-references
Hosea 14:8Ephraim [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.Hosea 14:3Asshur 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.1 Kings 11:33Because 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.Judges 10:15-16And 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.Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.Judges 2:11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
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