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Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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What is "the Asherah"?
Commentators like John Gill clarify that "the Asherah," sometimes translated as "a grove," was not merely a sacred group of trees. It was likely a specific idol representing Astarte, the goddess of the Zidonians. This shows Ahab was actively importing and establishing foreign deities in Israel.
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Reformed Baptist
And Ahab made a grove About the temple of Baal, or elsewhere, in which he placed an idol, and where all manner of fi…
Presbyterian
Ahab did evil above all who reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with brea…