³ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If with all your heart you are turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths^[a] from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

⁴ So the Israelites^[a] removed the Baals^[b] and the Ashtoreths, and they served Yahweh alone.