Meaning
Groves Sometimes translated Asherod, Ashera, and Asherim.
Symbols of the Phenician goddess, Ashera
Ashtoreth
Forbidden to be established
Deu 16:21; Isa 1:29; Isa 17:8; Isa 27:9; Mic 5:14
Worshiped by Israelites
Jdg 3:7; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 14:23; 1Ki 15:13; 1Ki 18:19; 2Ki 13:6; 2Ki 17:10; 2Ki 17:16; 2Ki 21:7; 2Ch 24:18; Jer 17:2
Destroyed by:
- Gideon
Jdg 6:28
- Hezekiah
2Ki 18:4
- Josiah
2Ki 23:14; 2Ch 34:4
- Asa
2Ch 14:3
- Jehoshaphat
2Ch 17:6; 2Ch 19:3
Idolatry