Strong H842אֲשֵׁרָה

Definition

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In the biblical story

In the Bible

Strong H842 appears in 40 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• grove40

First verses

1. Exodus 34:13
   But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
2. Deuteronomy 7:5
   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.
3. Deuteronomy 12:3
   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.
4. Deuteronomy 16:21
   Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
5. Judges 3:7
   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.
6. Judges 6:25
   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:
7. Judges 6:26
   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.
8. Judges 6:28
   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.
9. Judges 6:30
   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.
10. 1 Kings 14:15
    For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
11. 1 Kings 14:23
    For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
12. 1 Kings 15:13
    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.
13. 1 Kings 16:33
    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.
14. 1 Kings 18:19
    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.
15. 2 Kings 13:6
    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.)
16. 2 Kings 17:10
    And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
17. 2 Kings 17:16
    And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
18. 2 Kings 18:4
    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
19. 2 Kings 21:3
    For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
20. 2 Kings 21:7
    And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Occurrences by book

• Exodus1
• Deuteronomy3
• Judges5
• 1 Kings5
• 2 Kings11
• 2 Chronicles11
• Isaiah2
• Jeremiah1
• Micah1

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