


1 Samuel 7:3
Bible Versions
¶ 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.
And Samuel {H8050} spake {H559} unto all the house {H1004} of Israel {H3478}, saying {H559}, If ye do return {H7725} unto the LORD {H3068} with all your hearts {H3824}, then put away {H5493} the strange {H5236} gods {H430} and Ashtaroth {H6252} from among {H8432} you, and prepare {H3559} your hearts {H3824} unto the LORD {H3068}, and serve {H5647} him only: and he will deliver {H5337} you out of the hand {H3027} of the Philistines {H6430}.
Sh'mu'el addressed all the people of Isra'el; he said: "If you are returning to ADONAI with all your heart, then be done with the foreign gods and 'ashtarot that you have with you, and direct your hearts to ADONAI. If you will serve only him, he will rescue you from the power of the P'lishtim."
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of 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.”
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.
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