The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
"Israel ... forgat Jehovah and served the Baalim and the Asheroth"  (Judges 3:7).  The words for the false gods here are the plural forms of Baal and the Ashera.  The orgiastic licentiousness of the worship of these pagan deities appealed to the Hebrews, and again and again they departed from following the Lord to indulge in that sensual worship.