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1 Samuel 7:4 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 7 · verse 4
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.1 Samuel 7:4 · King James Version
1 Samuel 7:4 in context
2And 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.
3And 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.
4Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
6And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AshtarothʻAshtârôwthAshtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the JordanH6252 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- BaalimBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deityH1168 →
- servedʻâbadto workH5647 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
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We may well wonder where Samuel was and what he was doing all this while, for we have not had him so much as named till now, since Sa1 4:1, not as if he were unconcerned, but his labours among his people are not mentioned till there appears the fruit of them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-6