11 The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the BaalsD1587.
Baals - Baal and Ashtoreth in the plural are constantly used as generic terms for the male and female divinities of the Canaanitish peoples, and especially of the Phoenicians. Ashtoreth, or Astarte, would seem to have been the moon. compare Jer. 7.18 and 8.2, with 2 Kings 23.13,14.
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
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