Ashtoeth] This being a word of the feminine gender, is by most taken for the goddesse Venus; and because there were sundry sorts of idols stiled Venus: the plurall number is oft used, Judg. 2. 13. 2 Kings 23:13. As Baalim is taken for all manner of gods, so may Ashteroth for all manner of goddesses: And in this large extent are these two words oft joyned together, Judg. 10. 6. 1 Samuel 7:4. and 1 Samuel 12:10. The Hebrew notation implieth, that this idol was set out in the shape of a sheep. See more on Judg. 2. 13. Milm] This idol is stiled Molech, v. 7. It is like to be that idol to which children were sacrificed. See the notes on Leviticus 18:21. and Leviticus 20:2. Jerem. 32. 35. according to the notation of the Hebrew word, it signifieth a king, and by the heathen, was accounted one of the chief of their idols: most apply it to Saturn. Such idols were Adrammelech, and Anammelech, 2 Kings 17:31. abomination] Because as other idols, (verse 7.) it was most abominable: and also among other idols, it was the most abominable, by reason of the sacrificing of children to it.