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In the Ten Commandments, God instructs the Israelites not to worship other Gods and not to make sculptured images, such as idols (Exodus 20:3-4). But this doesn\u2019t stop the Israelites from doing so \u2013 most notably the creation of the golden calf (Exodus 32:2-4). While this episode does not end well, it is not incomprehensible that people wanted to connect to God through idols. It is much easier to see and feel a lump of metal than it is to sense and experience the Eternal One.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashtoret (pl. Ashtaroth) was an ancient Middle Eastern goddess. She is depicted through figurines shaped like a woman. Just as we today are distracted by the glittery merchandise near the entrance of a department store, ancient people were drawn to Gods that they could see, feel, and touch. For the people of Israel, this was unacceptable, just as it is now. We read that: \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuel said to all the House of Israel, \u201cIf you mean to return to the Eternal with all your heart, you must remove the alien gods and the Ashtaroth from your midst and direct your heart to the Eternal and serve the Eternal alone\u201d (I Samuel 7:3). Ashtaroth may seem more desirable than an invisible God \u2013 shiny, smooth and tangible \u2013 and much more accessible than the Eternal who cannot be seen, felt, or touched.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worshiping Ashtoret seems a bit like walking through a department store and buying those sparkly new earrings or velvety soft scarf when all you meant to buy was saucepans and some pillowcases. It might seem fitting in the moment, but will you ever actually wear them? Aren\u2019t they just shiny new objects that seem irresistible but will leave you wishing you hadn\u2019t spent that extra $20? It is not always easy or possible to connect with a God who may seem as elusive as the glove you lost last winter. But substituting a cheap and poorly made alternative is rarely satisfying. Finding the time and mustering the effort for a deeper connection is so much harder, but the result is incomparable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Astarte (Ashtoret), found at Gezer in 1973, dated to the end of the Middle Bronze Age (16<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century BCE). From the collection of George S. 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When we reach ch. 7, the two storylines converge: \u00a0the Ark is once again in Israelite hands (vv. 1-2), and Samuel implores the people to stop worshipping foreign gods (vv. 3-4).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We next read, \u201cAnd Samuel said, \u2018Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray on their behalf to the Lord\u2019\u201d (v. 5). \u00a0Let us recall that the establishment of Jerusalem as the religious center of the people of Israel was still two generations away, so that other cities played the role of center more or less on an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ad hoc<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> basis. In the present instance it was Mizpah (see earlier at Judg 20:1, and see ahead at 1 Sam 10:17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The identification of Mizpah is well known: \u00a0Tell en-Nasbeh, 12 km north of Jerusalem, excavated during the 1920s and 1930s by William Bad\u00e8 (Pacific School of Religion) \u2013 though this singular scholar is better known as the biographer and literary executor of John Muir. Bad\u00e8\u2019s archaeological work, in turn, has found its own executor in Jeffrey Zorn (Cornell University), whose<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.cornell.edu\/jrz3\/frames2.htm\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website devoted to Mizpah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a model of clarity and open-source information. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we have seen in the case of Hannah (1 Samuel, ch. 1), individuals could offer prayers for themselves. On the communal level, however, at this stage in ancient Israelite religious life, an intercessor was required to approach God on behalf of the community at large. \u00a0Thus, one finds Abraham praying for the household of Abimelech (Gen 20:17); and Moses praying on behalf of the people (Num 11:2, 21:7, Deut 9:26). As late as the reign of Hezekiah (701 B.C.E.), the king entreats the prophet Isaiah to pray on behalf of besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:2\u20134). At a later time still, God instructs Jeremiah <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>not<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to pray on behalf of the people (Jer 7:16, 11:14, 14:11).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only during the Exile and then in the Second Temple period do we read of the community as a whole praying together. \u00a0Thus, for example, Jeremiah instructs the exiles in Babylonia to pray (as a community, it appears) on behalf of the welfare of their new homeland (Jer 29:5) and to God generally (Jer 29:12); while the community in the rebuilt Jerusalem prays to God to protect the city from its enemies (Neh 4:3). 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