John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 7:4

"Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only." — 1 Samuel 7:4 (ASV)

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth ,
&c.] Both their male and female deities, of which see (Judges 2:13) (3:7)

and served the Lord Only ;
Dr. Lightfoot ^F9 observes, that a spirit of repentance and conversion came generally upon all the people; a matter and a time as remarkable as almost any we read of in Scripture, one only parallel to it; and that is in Acts, chapters two and three, at the great conversion there.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: Works, vol. 1. p. 54.