From Nave’s Topical Bible
Groves
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 24Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Translated in R. V. as "Asherod," "Ashera," and "Asherim."
- They were symbols of the Phoenician goddess, Asherah)
- See Ashtoreth
- Forbidden to be establishedDeuteronomy 16:21Isaiah 1:29Isaiah 17:8Isaiah 27:9Micah 5:14
- Worshiped by IsraelitesJudges 3:71 Kings 14:151 Kings 14:231 Kings 15:131 Kings 18:192 Kings 13:62 Kings 17:102 Kings 17:162 Kings 21:3–72 Chronicles 24:18Jeremiah 17:2
- Destroyed by
- GideonJudges 6:28
- Hezekiah2 Kings 18:4
- Josiah2 Kings 23:142 Chronicles 34:32 Chronicles 34:4
- Asa2 Chronicles 14:3
- Jehoshaphat2 Chronicles 17:62 Chronicles 19:3
- See Idolatry
The passages, in Bible order (24)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Deuteronomy 16:21
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:211 voice
Thou shall not plant thee a grove of any trees,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 3:7
So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Commentary on Judges 3:71 voice
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 6:28
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
Commentary on Judges 6:281 voice
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 14:15
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
Commentary on 1 Kings 14:151 voice
And the Lord shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 14:23
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Commentary on 1 Kings 14:231 voice
For they also built them high places,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 15:13
He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Commentary on 1 Kings 15:132 voices
Furthermore, the adversary tempted Job through his children and his possessions, and when he could not prevail over him, he went and brought against him his armor, and he came, bringing with him a daughter of Eve, who had caused Adam to sink, and through her mouth he said to Job, her righteous husband, "Curse God." But Job rejected her counsel. King Asa also conquered the Accursed-of-life, when he wished to come in against him, through his mother.
Aphrahat the Persian Sage· DEMONSTRATION 6.3, 345Patristic
In the meantime, Asa devoted himself to the reconstruction of the ruins of religion. He destroyed the temples of the idols, smashed the statues, set the sacred woods on fire and removed the ignominy of the effeminate priests. He also drove away Maacah, the mother …
Ephrem the Syrian· ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 15:1, 373Patristic
- 1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Commentary on 1 Kings 18:191 voice
"Have all Israel assemble for me at Mount Carmel." Now, it is amazing how the king obeyed Elijah, who asked him for a general gathering of the people; and how also the people obeyed him humbly, even though he bitterly reproached them for their evil …
Ephrem the Syrian· ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 18:8, 373Patristic
- 2 Kings 13:6
Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
Commentary on 2 Kings 13:61 voice
Nevertheless, they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin, but walked therein,.... Continued to worship the calves still, which was an instance of great ingratitude; the Syriac and Arabic versions read, "he departed not"; Jehoahaz the king: and there remained the grove in Samaria; which Ahab made there, 1Ki 16:33, neither Jehu nor his son had it cut down, though Baal was destroyed.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 17:10
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Commentary on 2 Kings 17:101 voice
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
Commentary on 2 Kings 17:161 voice
And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
Commentary on 2 Kings 18:41 voice
He removed the high places,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 21:3–7
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Commentary on 2 Kings 21:3–72 voices
For it is written thus in the fourth book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles, or of Days: "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
Apostolic Constitutions· CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22, 380Patristic
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 23:14
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
Commentary on 2 Kings 23:141 voice
And he brake in pieces the images,.... Of Ashtoreth, Chemosh, and Milcom, in the above high places; which as these high places had been rebuilt by Manasseh or Amon, so new images of these deities were placed there: and cut down the groves; in which they were set: and filled their places with the bones of men; of idolatrous priests and worshippers, buried in parts adjacent; these he dug up and scattered in the high places and groves to defile them, bones of the dead being by law unclean, Num 19:15.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 14:3
He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 14:31 voice
For he took away the altars of the strange gods,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 17:6
And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 17:61 voice
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 19:3
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
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