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From the day that the ark was lodged at Kir′iath-je′arim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.[a]

Samuel as Judge

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ash′taroth from among you, and direct your heart to the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” So Israel put away the Ba′als and the Ash′taroth, and they served the Lord only.

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Footnotes

  1. 7.2 The story of the ark, which comes from a special source, is continued in 2 Sam 6.

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