1 Samuel 12:10
Context| NETBible | Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 1 ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. 2 Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ 3 |
| XREF | Jud 2:13; Jud 3:7; Jud 3:9,15; Jud 4:3; Jud 6:7; Jud 10:10,15; Jud 10:15,16; 1Sa 7:2; Ps 78:34,35; Ps 106:44; Isa 26:16; Isa 33:22; Lu 1:74,75; 2Co 5:14,15 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and said.” 2 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. 3 tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result. |
