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[1] {Ashtaroth}
Ashtaroth, plural of Ashtoreth
# 1Ki 11:5
were figures of Ashtoreth the Phoenician goddess (the Astarte of the
Greeks), which were worshipped as idols during times of spiritual
declension in Israel.
# Jud 10:6 1Sa 7:3,4 12:10 31:10 1Ki 11:5,33 2Ki 23:13
Jeremiah refers
# Jer 44:18,19
to Ashtoreth as the "queen of heaven."
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[1] {judges}
The judges were tribesmen in Israel upon whom the Lord laid the
burden of Israel's apostate and oppressed state. They were the
spiritual ancestors of the prophets; that is to say, men raised up of
God, the theocratic King, to represent Him in the nation. They were
patriots and religious reformers because national security and
prosperity were inseparably connected with loyalty and obedience to
Jehovah. Not one of the chosen deliverers had anything whereof to
glory in the flesh. Othniel was but the son of the younger brother
of Caleb; Ehud was a left-handed man and an assassin; Shamgar, a
rustic with an ox-goad; Deborah, a woman; Gideon, of an obscure
family in the smallest tribe, etc. Each of the classes mentioned in
# 1Co 1:27,28
is illustrated among the judges.
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[1] {groves}
Groves, like high places, have been associated with idolatrous worship
from time immemorial. The Heb., \\asherah\\, trans. "grove," means also
the idol enshrined there (Deut 16.21). This idol seems often to have
been a sacred tree, the figure of which is constantly found on Assyrian
monuments. In apostate Israel, however, such groves were associated with
every form of idolatry (e.g. 2Ki 17.16,17). See, also, "high places"
(1Ki 3.2, note), and "Ashtaroth," Jud. 2.13, note.
## De 16:21 2Ki 17:16,17
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[1] {Groves}
Groves, like high places, have been associated with idolatrous
worship from time immemorial. The Heb. \\asherah\\, trans.
\\grove\\ means also the idol enshrined there.
# De 16:21
This idol seems often to have been a sacred tree, the figure of which
is constantly found on Assyrian monuments. In apostate Israel,
however, such groves were associated with every form of idolatry, e.g.
# 2Ki 17:16,17
» See Note "1Ki 3:2"
and \\Ashtaroth\\
» See Note "Jud 2:13"