Ashtoreth
Ashtoreth, was a Sidonian goddess of fertility and war whose worship was condemned in the Bible.
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Summary
A female deity of Sidon in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1 Kings 11:5, also known as Astarte; only referred to as Ashtoreth (עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת).
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Alternative names
- עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶתAshtoreth
Mentions
- Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
- The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.