1 Samuel 7:4
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Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

Judges 2:11,13 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim . . .

Judges 10:15,16 And the children of Israel said to the Lord: We have sinned, do thou unto us whatsoever pleaseth thee: only deliver us this time. . . .

1 Kings 11:33 Because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chamos, the god of Moab, and Moloch, the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my ways, to do justice before me, and to keep my precepts, and judgments, as did David, his father.

Hosea 14:3,8 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods: for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee. . . .

Context
Samuel Subdues the Philistines
3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.5And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 7:5
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.

1 Kings 8:48
And return to thee with all their heart, and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led captives: and pray to thee towards the way of their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, and of the city which thou hast chosen, and of the temple which I have built to thy name:

1 Kings 11:5
But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.

Lexicon
So the Israelites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

put away
וַיָּסִ֙ירוּ֙ (way·yā·sî·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

the Baals
הַבְּעָלִ֖ים (hab·bə·‘ā·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

Ashtoreths
הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑ת (hā·‘aš·tā·rōṯ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6252: A place East of the Jordan

and served
וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ (way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

only
לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

the LORD.
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

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

And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only.

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

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

Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.

And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;
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