Unto all the house of Israel; to all the rulers and people too, as he had occasion in his circuit, described below, 1 Samuel 7:16, mixing exhortations to repentance with his judicial administrations. If ye do return unto the Lord; if you do indeed what you profess, if you are resolved to go on in that which you seem to have begun. With all your heart; sincerely and in good earnest. Put away the strange gods out of your houses, where some of you keep and worship them; and out of your hearts and affections, where they still have an interest in many of you. And Ashtaroth; and particularly or especially Ashtaroth, which he mentions as a god, whom they, together with the neighbouring nations, did more eminently worship. See Judges 2:13. Prepare your hearts, by purging them from all sin, and particularly from all inclinations to other gods. Or, direct your hearts; having alienated your hearts from your idols, turn them to God, and not to other idols or vanities. And he will deliver you; or, then; upon these conditions you may confidently expect it.
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1 Samuel 7:3
3 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.