¹³ for they abandoned Him and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.^(A)

³ Samuel told them, “If you^(A) are returning to the Lord^(B) with all your heart,^(C) get rid of the foreign gods^(D) and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to^[a] the Lord, and worship only Him.^(E) Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”