And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the idol poles.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Astaroth. Hebrew Asheroth, Septuagint, "the groves "(Menochius) of which Astaroth was the goddess, (Calmet) like Diana, chap. ii. 11. Various trees were sacred to idols. (Menochius)
