1 Kings 16:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

Made a grove

Jeremiah 17:1

Did more to provoke

1 Kings 16:30

1 Kings 21:19

1 Kings 22:6

General references

Deuteronomy 16:21

Bible References

Made a grove

Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.

but they didn’t turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. Jehoahaz walked in them, and the Asherah pole also remained standing in Samaria.

They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.

The sin of Judah is written
with an iron stylus.
With a diamond point
it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars,

Did more to provoke

But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about 400 men, and asked them, “Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain?”

They replied, “March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

General references

“Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God,