Othniel

So the children of Israel did (A)evil in the sight of the Lord. They (B)forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and [a]Asherahs.

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  1. Judges 3:7 Name or symbol for Canaanite goddesses

Othniel

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)

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13 But you shall (A)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (B)cut down their wooden images

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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

And he brought out the (A)wooden[a] image from the house of the Lord, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to (B)ashes, and threw its ashes on (C)the graves of the common people.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:6 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(A) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(B) and scattered the dust over the graves(C) of the common people.(D)

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19 Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built [a]high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of [b]Hozai.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 33:19 Places for pagan worship
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:19 LXX the seers

19 His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled(A) himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.[a](B)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 33:19 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts of Hozai

For he rebuilt the [a]high places which Hezekiah his father had (A)broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and (B)made wooden images; and he worshiped (C)all [b]the host of heaven and served them.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 33:3 Places for pagan worship
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:3 The gods of the Assyrians

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.

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18 Therefore they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served (A)wooden images and idols; and (B)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass.

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18 They abandoned(A) the temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols.(B) Because of their guilt, God’s anger(C) came on Judah and Jerusalem.

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16 Also he removed (A)Maachah, the [a]mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [b]Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 15:16 Or grandmother
  2. 2 Chronicles 15:16 A Canaanite deity

16 King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah(A) from her position as queen mother,(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah.(C) Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.(D)

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14 And he (A)broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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14 Josiah smashed(A) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(B)

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19 Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on (A)Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, (B)and the four hundred prophets of [a]Asherah, who [b]eat at Jezebel’s table.”

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  1. 1 Kings 18:19 A Canaanite goddess
  2. 1 Kings 18:19 Are provided for by Jezebel

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)

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33 (A)And Ahab made a [a]wooden image. Ahab (B)did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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  1. 1 Kings 16:33 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

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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25 Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and (A)tear down the altar of (B)Baal that your father has, and (C)cut down the [a]wooden image that is beside it;

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  1. Judges 6:25 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

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.

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  1. Judges 6:25 Or Take a full-grown, mature bull from your father’s herd
  2. Judges 6:25 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; also in verses 26, 28 and 30

Ehud

12 (A)And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened (B)Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Ehud

12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab(B) power over Israel.

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Israel’s Unfaithfulness

11 Then the children of Israel did (A)evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals; 12 and they (B)forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed (C)other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they (D)bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger. 13 They forsook the Lord (E)and served [a]Baal and the [b]Ashtoreths.

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  1. Judges 2:13 A Canaanite god
  2. Judges 2:13 Canaanite goddesses

11 Then the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord(B) and served the Baals.(C) 12 They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods(D) of the peoples around them.(E) They aroused(F) the Lord’s anger(G) 13 because they forsook(H) him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.(I)

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