Groves Sometimes translated Asherod, Ashera, and Asherim.
Symbols of the Phenician goddess, Ashera
Ashtoreth
Forbidden to be established
Deuteronomy 16:21; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 17:8; Isaiah 27:9; Micah 5:14
Worshiped by Israelites
Judges 3:7; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Jeremiah 17:2
Destroyed by:
- Gideon
Judges 6:28
- Hezekiah
2 Kings 18:4
- Josiah
2 Kings 23:14; 2 Chronicles 34:4
- Asa
2 Chronicles 14:3
- Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Chronicles 19:3
Idolatry