OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 21:3

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For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

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Verse 3. Groves. Hebrew Ashera, “the grove,” or the idol of Astarte, ( Calmet.) as both were worshipped. Bible.—Achab, whom he imitated also in spilling the blood of the saints. Menochius.

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