And they forsook the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and served Ba’al [lord (a false god)] and ‘Ashtarot [Star (female deity)].Num 25:3; Jdg 8:33
because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
OJBAnd they forsook Hashem, and served Ba'al and Ashtarot.
T4T[2:11–13]They did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They worshiped idols that represented the god Baal and the goddess Astarte. They worshiped [DOU] the various gods that the people-groups around them worshiped. They stopped worshiping Yahweh, the God their ancestors worshiped, the one who had brought their ancestors out of Egypt. That caused Yahweh to be very angry.