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2 Chronicles 33:3
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2 Chronicles 33:3
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3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles.(A) He bowed down(B) to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
2 Chronicles 33:3
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2 Chronicles 33:3
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3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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Exodus 34:13
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Exodus 34:13
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- Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
Exodus 34:13
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Exodus 34:13
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13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
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Deuteronomy 7:5
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Deuteronomy 7:5
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5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[a](A) and burn their idols in the fire.(B)
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- Deuteronomy 7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 7:5
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Deuteronomy 7:5
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5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
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Deuteronomy 12:3
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Deuteronomy 12:3
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3 Break down their altars, smash(A) their sacred stones and burn(B) their Asherah(C) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(D) from those places.
Deuteronomy 12:3
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Deuteronomy 12:3
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3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
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Deuteronomy 16:21
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Deuteronomy 16:21
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Worshiping Other Gods
21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B)
Deuteronomy 16:21
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Deuteronomy 16:21
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21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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Judges 3:7
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Judges 3:7
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Othniel
7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord(A) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.(B)
Judges 3:7
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Judges 3:7
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7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
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Judges 6:25-26
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Judges 6:25-26
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25 That same night the Lord said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old.[a] Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole[b](A) beside it. 26 Then build a proper kind of[c] altar to the Lord your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cut down, offer the second[d] bull as a burnt offering.(B)”
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- Judges 6:25 Or Take a full-grown, mature bull from your father’s herd
- Judges 6:25 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; also in verses 26, 28 and 30
- Judges 6:26 Or build with layers of stone an
- Judges 6:26 Or full-grown; also in verse 28
Judges 6:25-26
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Judges 6:25-26
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25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
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Judges 6:28
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Judges 6:28
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28 In the morning when the people of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar,(A) demolished, with the Asherah pole beside it cut down and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar!
Judges 6:28
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Judges 6:28
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28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
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Judges 6:30
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Judges 6:30
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30 The people of the town demanded of Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down Baal’s altar(A) and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
Judges 6:30
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Judges 6:30
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30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
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1 Kings 15:13
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1 Kings 15:13
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13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah(A) from her position as queen mother,(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down(C) and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
1 Kings 15:13
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1 Kings 15:13
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13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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1 Kings 16:33
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1 Kings 16:33
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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.
1 Kings 16:33
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1 Kings 16:33
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33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
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1 Kings 18:19
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1 Kings 18:19
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19 Now summon(A) the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel.(B) And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”(C)
1 Kings 18:19
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1 Kings 18:19
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19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
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2 Kings 13:6
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2 Kings 13:6
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6 But they did not turn away from the sins(A) of the house of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit; they continued in them. Also, the Asherah pole[a](B) remained standing in Samaria.
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- 2 Kings 13:6 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Kings
2 Kings 13:6
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2 Kings 13:6
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6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
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