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And they forsook the LORD , and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
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Baal (deus cananeu da tempestade) e Astarote (Asherah, deusa da fertilidade) tinham cultos com rituais sexuais e sacrifícios humanos, proibidos em ex20:3-5. Arqueologia encontrou estatuetas de Asherah em Israel, corroborando essa idolatria.
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.