For a time the Israelites heeded Samuel’s exhortation, and they “put away the Baals and the Ashtoreth images and began serving Jehovah alone. ” ​ — 1 Samuel 7: 3, 4; Judges 6: 25 - 27.
ז ’: 3, 4 ;‏ שופטים ו ’: 25 – 27‏) .‏