TSK · 1 Samuel 7:3

But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

Then if you and your descendants turn to the LORD your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,

Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”

They abandoned the LORD and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.

They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,

He also tore down the altar in Bethel at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole.

“And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

“If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the LORD,“if you want to come back to me, you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray.

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall!

Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”