4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
4 So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.
4 So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord only.
4 They did it. They got rid of the gods and goddesses, the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and gave their exclusive attention and service to God.
4 So the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.
4 So the Israelites got rid of their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 7:4
Commentary on 1 Samuel 7:1-4
(Read 1 Samuel 7:1-4)
God will find a resting-place for his ark; if some thrust it from them, the hearts of others shall be inclined to receive it. It is no new thing for God's ark to be in a private house. Christ and his apostles preached from house to house, when they could not have public places. Twenty years passed before the house of Israel cared for the want of the ark. During this time the prophet Samuel laboured to revive true religion. The few words used are very expressive; and this was one of the most effectual revivals of religion which ever took place in Israel.