2:11 Baals, 2:13a Ashtoreths: 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 2Kings 23:13, 14.