1 Samuel 7:2-4

International Standard Version

² A long time passed—it was twenty years—from the time the Ark came to reside in Kiriath-jearim, and all the house of Israel mourned because of the Lord.

The Philistines are Defeated at Ebenezer

³ Then Samuel told the whole house of Israel, “If you’re returning to the Lord with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth^[a] from among you, direct your hearts back to the Lord, and serve him only. Then he will deliver you from the control of the Philistines.” ⁴ So the Israelis removed the Baals^[b] and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.