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13 Tear down their altars; smash their sacred stones, and cut down their asherahs.[a]

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  1. 34:13 Asherah was the name of a Canaanite goddess. In her honor wooden poles (asherot) were erected, just as stone pillars (massebot) were erected in honor of the god Baal. Both were placed near the altar in a Canaanite shrine.

13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](A)

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  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

33 and also made an asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than any of the kings of Israel before him.

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33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(A) and did more(B) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.

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