Judges 2:13

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Judges 2:13

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

Served

General references

Deuteronomy 28:43

1 Samuel 7:4

Bible References

Served

Then the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped and served the Baals,

And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; they served the Baals, the Ashtaroth (female deities), the gods of Aram (Syria), the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve Him.

And they put Saul’s weapons and armor in the temple of the Ashtaroth (female goddesses), and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the [fertility] goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the horror (detestable idol) of the Ammonites.

The king desecrated the high places which were opposite [east of] Jerusalem, which were on the right (south) of the mount of corruption which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the repulsiveness of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the repulsiveness of Moab, and for Milcom the repulsiveness of the sons (descendants) of Ammon.

And served their idols,
Which became a [dreadful] snare to them.

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples].

General references

The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

So the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the Lord alone.