for he removed the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and chopped down the groves.

And his heart was exalted in the ways of Jehovah; moreover he removed the high places and groves out of Judah.

And he did evil, because he had not fixed his heart to seek Jehovah.

Nevertheless good things have been found in you, in that you have burned the groves from the land, and have fixed your heart to seek God.

who has prepared his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, though not according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Yet Jehovah has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day.

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you are returning unto Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts for Jehovah, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.