Judges 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. Served Baal and Ashtaroth - In a general way, probably, Baal and Ashtaroth mean the sun and moon; but in many cases Ashtaroth seems to have been the same among the Canaanites as Venus was among the Greeks and Romans, and to have been worshipped with the same obscene rites.