joined: Num 25:1-3, Num 25:5, Num 31:16; Deu 4:3, Deu 32:17; Jos 22:17; Hos 9:10; Rev 2:14
of the dead: The word maithim signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men - warriors, kings, or lawgivers - who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life. Psa 115:4-8; Jer 10:8-10; 1Co 10:19-20