Ashtoreth was the fertility goddess consort of Molech. Ashtoreth is mentioned three times in the Scriptures (1st Kings 11:5, 11:33 and 2nd Kings 23:13). When Ashtoreth is mentioned in Scripture, she is linked to Molech (also called Milcom in the Bible).

Ashtaroth is mentioned 12 times in the Old Testament. The word is used as the name of a town in ancient Israel in Deuteronomy 1:4, Joshua 9:10, 12:4, 13:12, 13:31 and 1st Chronicles 6:71. That towns were named after the fertility goddess indicates that her worship was already widespread when the children of Israel entered the land of Palestine.

In Judges 2:13 & 10:6, 1 Samuel 7:3 & 4, 12:10 & 31:10, Ashtaroth refers to the ancient Canaanite fertility goddess, with a slightly different spelling than Ashtoreth.

Ashtoreth was the goddess of war and fertility, called Ishtar by Assyrians and Babylonians, called Astarte by Greeks and Romans and called Tanith by North Africans.

Molech represented the male principle of life and reproduction while Ashtoreth represented the female principle of fertility.

The sexual relationship between these false gods set the example for unbridled sensuality among their worshipers.

Anal sex between male and male worshipers (homosexuals) and male and female worshipers was viewed as an offering to the goddess. This explains why members of Bohemian Grove purported engage in massive orgies of homosexual sex. The grove is known to bring in paid homosexual male prostitutes to service the moguls. One anonymous former male employee of Bohemian Grove said he was propositioned for sex by one of the moguls attending the club. This and other reports are highlighted in Alex Jones' documentary ORDER OF DEATH (2005).