Solomon pursued Astarte, the Sidonian goddess, and Milcom, that detestable Ammonite idol.

I'm doing this because they have abandoned me and worshipped that Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven't lived my way by doing what I consider to be right and observing my statutes and my ordinances, like his father David did.

The righteous person is cautious with respect to his neighbor, but the lifestyle of the wicked leads them astray.

Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse person, but whoever is cautious stays far away from them.

There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her."

For you have brought these men here, although they neither rob temples nor blaspheme our goddess.