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Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.
The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.
Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Baal-peor » Baal-peor, a God of the moabites
So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel.
And ate
I saw your forefathers as the
But they came to
And they became as
Is not the iniquity of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the Lord,
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh » Chemosh, a God of the moabites
The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
Even you yourself will be captured;
And
Together with his priests and his princes.
Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.
You are ruined, O people of
To an Amorite king, Sihon.
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Dagon » Dagon, a God of the philistines
Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said,
“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.”
“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.”
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
They put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Diana » Diana, a Goddess of the ephesians
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen;
After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?
When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”