7 Kahoo bara ba Iseraele ba etsa se sebe mahlong a Jehova, ’me ba lebala Jehova Molimo oa bona+ eaba ba sebeletsa bo-Baale+ le lipalo tse halalelang.+

6 Bara ba Iseraele ba boela ba etsa se sebe mahlong a Jehova,+ ’me ba qala ho sebeletsa bo-Baale+ le litšoantšo tsa Ashtorethe+ le melimo ea Syria+ le melimo ea Sidone+ le melimo ea Moabe+ le melimo ea bara ba Ammone+ le melimo ea Bafilista.+ Kahoo ba tlohela Jehova ’me ha baa ka ba mo sebeletsa.+

3 Samuele a re ho bohle ba ntlo ea Iseraele: “Haeba le khutlela ho Jehova ka lipelo tsohle tsa lōna,+ lahlang melimo esele har’a lōna+ le litšoantšo tsa Ashtorethe,+ le lebise lipelo tsa lōna ho Jehova ka mokhoa o sa kheloheng le sebeletse eena feela,+ ’me o tla le lopolla matsohong a Bafilista.”+

5 Solomone a qala ho latela Ashtorethe+ molimotsana oa Basidone le Milkome+ ntho e nyonyehang ea Baammone.

13 Morena a etsa hore libaka tse phahameng tse neng li le ka pel’a+ Jerusalema, tse neng li le ka ho le letona ho Thaba ea Tšenyo, tseo Solomone+ morena oa Iseraele a neng a li hahetse Ashtorethe+ ntho e nyonyehang ea Basidone le Kemoshe+ ntho e nyonyehang ea Moabe le Milkome+ ntho e manyala ea bara ba Ammone, e be tse sa tšoaneleng borapeli.