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So the Israelites[a] removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.” After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed[b] there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led[c] the people of Israel at Mizpah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:4 tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”
  2. 1 Samuel 7:6 tn Heb “said.”
  3. 1 Samuel 7:6 tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”