3. Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths from your midst. And make firm your hearts unto the Lord, and serve Him only. Then He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
4. So the children of Israel put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served the Lord only.
5. Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
6. They gathered together to Mizpah. And they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.