³³ Nevertheless ^(A)the ^[a]high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not ^(B)directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

⁶ And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover ^(A)he removed the ^[a]high places and wooden images from Judah.

³ Nevertheless ^(A)good things are found in you, in that you have removed the ^[a]wooden images from the land, and have ^(B)prepared your heart to seek God.”

¹⁴ And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.

¹⁹ who ^(A)prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.”

³ for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and ^(A)the ^[a]high places, and ^(B)broke down the sacred pillars ^(C)and cut down the wooden images.

³ Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you ^(A)return to the Lord with all your hearts, then ^(B)put away the foreign gods and the ^(C)Ashtoreths^[a] from among you, and ^(D)prepare your hearts for the Lord, and ^(E)serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

⁴ Yet ^(A)the Lord has not given you a heart to ^[a]perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day.