Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16 -- Part 1 : Dr. Dana M. Pike
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The Children of Israel Do Evil in the Sight of the Lord and Serve Baal
The children of israel did evil in the sight of the lord and served baalim. So baal is the canaanite storm god, who brings the rain which supports life. Baalim is the plural form i'm saying bal it may sound odd, right? They serve the bals. And we're going to have the female equivalent in verse thirteent - ashtrot. We generally think that this is astarte a canaanites, a fertility goddess. But here it's in the plural form. This is just being used as code for, they worship lots of male canaanite male deities,. so lots of other gods, especially male gods. It's
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