1 Samuel 7:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.”
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“So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 7:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 2:13for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
- Judges 10:15“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
- Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
- 2 Kings 23:15He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
- Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Hosea 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
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