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1 Samuel 7:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Samuel 7:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 And the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim a very long time [nearly 100 years, through Samuel’s entire judgeship, Saul’s reign, and well into David’s, when it was brought to Jerusalem]. For it was twenty years before all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.(A)
3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth [female deities] from among you and direct your hearts 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 the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
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