1 Samuel 7:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 7:3

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 3, Chapter 5 (604)

6. But since, with God as our guide, we have followed the ark on its journey all the way to the place of its exaltation, let us see with what zeal the preacher keeps watch over the correction of those subject to him. For it continues: 'And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel: If you return to the Lord with your whole heart, remove the foreign gods from your midst.' Now what does Sacred Scripture customarily call foreign gods, if not demons, which dwell in handmade idols?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

With all your heart - Sincerely and in good earnest. Put - Out of your houses, where some of you keep them; and out of your hearts, where they still have an interest in many of you. Ashtaroth - And especially, Ashtaroth, whom they, together with the neighbouring nations, did more eminently worship.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

O what a comfort is it to all believers that our great intercessor above never ceases, is never silent, for he always appears in the presence of God for us! Samuel intercedes with God for them, and does it by sacrifice,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Compare the marginal references. Twenty years of Samuel’s life had passed away since the last mention of him 1Sa 4:1. Now he appears in the threefold character of prophet, Judge, and the acknowledged leader of the whole people. His words were an answer to a profession of repentance on the part of Israel, the practical proof of which would be the putting away all their false gods. (Compare Jdg 6:10 note.)

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֮	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֵאמֹר֒	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	with all	H3605 →
לְבַבְכֶ֗ם	le.vav.Khem	heart your	H3824 →
אַתֶּ֤ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
שָׁבִים֙	sha.Vim	[are] turning back	H7725 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הָסִ֜ירוּ	ha.Si.ru	remove	H5493 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹהֵ֧י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] gods of	H430 →
הַנֵּכָ֛ר	ha.ne.Khar	<the> foreignness	H5236 →
מִתּוֹכְכֶ֖ם	mi.tokh.Khem	from among you	H8432 →
וְהָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת	ve.ha.'ash.ta.Rot	and the Ashtaroth	H6252 →
וְהָכִ֨ינוּ	ve.ha.Khi.nu	and direct	H3559 →
לְבַבְכֶ֤ם	le.vav.Khem	heart your	H3824 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּ	ve.'iv.Du.hu	and serve him	H5647 →
לְבַדּ֔וֹ	le.va.Do	to only him	H905 →
וְיַצֵּ֥ל	ve.ya.Tzel	so may he deliver	H5337 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
מִיַּ֥ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:20
  You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 6:13–14
  Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
- Luke 4:8
  But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
leads to
- Proverbs 28:13
  He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- James 4:8–10
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Ezekiel 18:21–23
  But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Luke 15:10
  In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
- Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

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