Matthew Poole and continuators on 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 heart , then put away the strange gods , and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him onely; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

To all the Rulers and People too, as he had occasion in his Circuit, described below, v. 16. mixing exhortations to Repentance, with his judicial Administrations.

If you do indeed what you profess, if you are resolved to go on in that which you seem to have begun.

Sincerely and in good earnest.

Out of your houses where some of you keep and Worship them; and out of you hearts and affections, where they still have an Interest in many of you.

And particularly or especially, Ashtaroth, which [illegible: 1+ letters]e mentions as a god, whom they▪ together with [illegible: 1 word] neighbouring Nations, did more eminently worship. See Iudg. 2. 13.

By purging them from all Sin, and particularly from all [illegible: 1 word] to other gods. Or, direct [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word], having [illegible: 1 word] your hearts from your Idols, turn them to God, and not to ot[illegible: 1+ letters] Idols or vanities.

Or, then, upon these conditions you may confidently expect it.

Marginal references: Josh. 24. 14, [illegible: 1+ letters]3.; [illegible: 1 word]. 2. 13. Deut. 6. 13.; Matt. 4. 10. Luk. 4. 8.