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Judges 2

Judg. 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they forsook
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and served
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
Baal
Ba`al (Hebrew #1168)
Baal, a Phoenician deity
KJV usage: Baal, (plural) Baalim.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: the same as 1167
and Ashtaroth
`Ashtarowth (Hebrew #6252)
plural of 6251; Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Asharoth, Astaroth. See also 1045, 6253, 6255.
Pronounce: ash-taw-roth'
Origin: or bAshtaroth {ash-taw-roth'}
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Ashtaroth; Ashtoreth,
Ashtaroth; Astaroth,
Baal

Cross References

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served.
Judg. 2:11• 11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: (Judg. 2:11)
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Judg. 3:7• 7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves. (Judg. 3:7)
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Judg. 10:6• 6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. (Judg. 10:6)
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1 Sam. 31:10• 10And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. (1 Sam. 31:10)
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1 Kings 11:5,33• 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
 33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. (1 Kings 11:5,33)
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2 Kings 23:13• 13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. (2 Kings 23:13)
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Psa. 106:36• 36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. (Psa. 106:36)
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1 Cor. 8:5• 5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) (1 Cor. 8:5)
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1 Cor. 10:20‑22• 20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
 21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:20‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtorethsa.

JND Translation Notes

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Baal and Ashtoreth in the plural are constantly used as generic terms for the male and female divinities of the Canaanitish peoples, and especially of the Phoenicians. Ashtoreth, or Astarte, would seem to have been the moon. compare Jer. 7.18 and 8.2, with 2 Kings 23.13,14.