1 Samuel 7:3

7:3 Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. ¹  Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you ²  from the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 7:14

7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control ³  of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Samuel 10:18

10:18 He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power ⁴  of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.

1 Samuel 12:10

12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, ⁵  ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. ⁶  Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ ⁷ 

[7:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural; also in the following verse). The words “images of” are supplied for clarity.

[7:3]  ² tn Following imperatives, the jussive verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “hand.”

[10:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “hand” (also later in this verse).

[12:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and said.”

[12:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity.

[12:10]  ⁹ tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.