13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](A)

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  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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13 But you shall (A)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (B)cut down their wooden images

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15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(C) poles.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings

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.

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15 For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will (A)uproot Israel from this (B)good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them (C)beyond [a]the River, (D)because they have made their [b]wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:15 The Euphrates
  2. 1 Kings 14:15 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C)

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23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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23 For they also built for themselves (A)high[a] places, (B)sacred pillars, and (C)wooden images on every high hill and (D)under every green tree.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:23 Places for pagan worship