1 Samuel 7:4 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 7:4

So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.

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ASV

Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.

KJV

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,.... Both their male and female deities, of which see Jdg 2:13. and served the Lord Only; Dr. Lightfoot (i) observes, that a spirit of repentance and conversion came generally upon all the people; a matter and a time as remarkable as almost any we read of in Scripture, one only parallel to it; and that is in Acts, chapters two and three, at the great conversion there. (i) Works, vol. 1. p. 54.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Put away Baalim and Ashtaroth - These were not two particular deities, but two genera of idols; the one masculine, Baalim; the other feminine, Ashtaroth; both the words are in the plural number, and signify all their gods and goddesses.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּסִ֙ירוּ֙	vai.ya.Si.ru	and they removed	H5493 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבְּעָלִ֖ים	ha.be.'a.Lim	the Baals	H1168 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑ת	ha.'ash.ta.Rot	the Ashtaroth	H6252 →
וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ	vai.ya.'av.Du	and they served	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ פ	le.va.Do	to only him	H905 →

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Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
leads to
- Psalms 10:14
  But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 68:5
  A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- John 14:18
  I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- Isaiah 31:1
  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
Through
Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
leads to
- Job 34:32
  Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- James 1:17
  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Luke 15:20
  So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and…
Through
Judges 2:13
for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
leads to
- Judges 10:6
  And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus…

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