4So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.


In Context

1 So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord . They took it to Abinadab's house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord .

2 It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the Lord .

3 And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, "If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."

4 So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.

5 Then Samuel said, "Assemble all Israel at Mizpah and I will intercede with the Lord for you."

6 When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord . On that day they fasted and there they confessed, "We have sinned against the Lord ." And Samuel was leader of Israel at Mizpah.

1st Samuel 7:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel put away Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.