What Do You Lean Towards Incorporating Other Cultures?

There's definitely significant overlap and influence tween ancient reastern cultures. But at the same time, we recognize that when when gods are incorporated into other cultures, or there are connections, that doesn't mean ther their equivalent. In judges two 13, scripture uses an interesting phrase there to describe israel's apostasy. And it says, they abandoned the lord and they served the baals and the asteroth.