Discovery Box1 Samuel 7:4 
Context7:4 So the Israelites 1 removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.
1 Samuel 12:10
Context12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 2 ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. 3 Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ 4
1 tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “and said.”
3 tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity.
sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.
4 tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
