1Sa 7:3-4 | ESV | STEP | And 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 Ashtaroth 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 .

1 Samuel 7:3-4

Samuel Judges Israel

3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ^a“If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then ^bput away the foreign gods and the ^cAshtaroth from among you and ^ddirect your heart to the Lord ^eand serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” 4 So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord only.