Thematic Bible: Gods, false
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false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Ashtaroth
The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.
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The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
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I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon's father David did.
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They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars.
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Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."
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They placed Saul's armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.
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false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Baal-peor
When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.
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You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
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They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
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When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.
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The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord.
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false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord!
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They built places of worship for the god Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech. Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.'
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You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves,
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But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon.'
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The king ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech.
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false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh
The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
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"Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials.
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You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us.
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Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.
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false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Dagon
The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, "Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us."
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The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.
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They placed his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
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false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Diana
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
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After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
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When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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