1 Kings 14:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They also built their own local shrines and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam built small places of worship at the shrines and appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to serve as priests.

1 Kings 14:15

The people of Israel have made the LORD angry by setting up sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah. So the LORD will punish them until they shake like grass in a stream. He will take them out of the land he gave to their ancestors, then scatter them as far away as the River Euphrates.

1 Kings 15:12

He forced the prostitutes at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 20:23

Meanwhile, Benhadad's officials went to him and explained: Israel's gods are mountain gods. We fought Israel's army in the hills, and that's why they defeated us. But if we fight them on flat land, there's no way we can lose.

1 Kings 3:2

At that time, there was no temple for worshipping the LORD, and everyone offered sacrifices at the local shrines.

1 Kings 3:3

Solomon loved the LORD and followed his father David's instructions, but Solomon also offered sacrifices and burnt incense at the shrines.

2 Kings 10:26

and carried out the image of Baal. They burnt it

2 Kings 16:4

Ahaz offered sacrifices at the local shrines, as well as on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

2 Kings 17:16

The people of Israel disobeyed all the commands of the LORD their God. They made two gold statues of calves and set up a sacred pole for Asherah; they also worshipped the stars and the god Baal.

2 Kings 17:19

but they also disobeyed the LORD's commands and acted like the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 24:18

Straight away, the people of Judah stopped worshipping in the temple of the LORD God, and they started worshipping idols and the symbols of the goddess Asherah. These sinful things made the LORD God angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 28:4

Ahaz offered sacrifices at the local shrines, as well as on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

Exodus 34:13

Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah.

Isaiah 57:5

All you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshipped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in valleys under rocky slopes.

Jeremiah 17:2

One generation after another has set up pagan altars and worshipped the goddess Asherah everywhere in your country— on hills and mountains, and under large trees. So I'll take everything you own, including your altars, and give it all to your enemies.

Jeremiah 2:20

Long ago you left me and broke all ties between us, refusing to be my servant. Now you worship other gods by having sex on hilltops or in the shade of large trees.

Jeremiah 3:13

Just admit that you rebelled and worshipped foreign gods under large trees everywhere.

Ezekiel 6:13

These people used to offer incense to idols at altars built on hills and mountaintops and in the shade of large oak trees. But when they see dead bodies lying around those altars, they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 6:3

Listen, you mountains and hills, and every valley and gorge! I, the LORD, am about to turn against you and crush all the places where foreign gods are worshipped.

Ezekiel 6:6

Every town in Israel will be destroyed to make sure that each shrine, idol, and altar is smashed—everything the Israelites made will be a pile of ruins.

Hosea 10:1

You were a healthy vine covered with grapes. But the more grapes you grew, the more altars you built; the better off you became, the better shrines you set up for pagan gods.

Leviticus 26:1

I am the LORD your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Micah 5:14

together with the sacred poles and even your towns.

Deuteronomy 12:2

But the nations that live there worship other gods. So after you capture the land, you must completely destroy their places of worship—on mountains and hills or in the shade of large trees.

Deuteronomy 16:22

And don't set up a sacred stone! The LORD hates these things.