^{3 Ref} Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

^{4 Ref} So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

^{5 Ref} Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

^{6 Ref} So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.