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added to the evil they had done in the sight of Yahweh
This speaks of evil as if it were an object that a person could add to and make bigger. AT: "continued doing what Yahweh said was evil" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
in the sight of Yahweh
The sight of Yahweh represents Yahweh's judgment or evaluation. AT: "according to Yahweh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Ashtoreths
This is the plural of Ashtoroth, who was worshiped as a goddess in many different forms. See how you translated this in Judges 2:13.
They abandoned Yahweh and no longer worshiped him
The author basically said the same thing twice for emphasis. These can be combined. AT: "They completely stopped worshiping Yahweh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
They abandoned Yahweh
No longer obeying and worshiping Yahweh is spoken of as if the people left Yahweh and went somewhere else. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)