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Ashtaroth

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת · ash.ta.rot · H6252G“Ashtoreth, flocks; sheep; riches” Hitchcock's 18696 mentions in 2 books, most in 1 Samuel (4)

Who they were

Ashtaroth was a Canaanite goddess of fertility, love, and war. The Israelites were repeatedly drawn into worshipping Ashtaroth during times of apostasy (Judg 2:13; 10:6; 1Sa.7.3-4; 12:10). After the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, they placed it in the temple of Dagon at Ashdod and later returned it with an offering of golden tumors and rats, which they sent to Beth-shemesh on a cart pulled by two cows (1Sa.6.1-14). The name Ashtaroth is also used to refer to the place where her cult was practiced, such as Ashtaroth-karnaim, a city in Bashan (Gen.14.5; Deut 1:4; Josh 9:10; 12:4; 13:12, 31).

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

6 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Judges 2 mentions

Judges 2:13They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.Judges 10:6The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the…

1 Samuel 4 mentions

1 Samuel 7:3Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your…1 Samuel 7:4Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.1 Samuel 12:10They cried to Yahweh, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will…1 Samuel 31:10They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.

What the dictionary says

A city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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