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
Did more to provoke
General references
Bible References
Made a grove
Exodus 34:13
Instead tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim.
2 Kings 13:6
Still they did not give up the sin of Jeroboam. This he made Israel do and they continued. There was an image of Asherah in Samaria.
2 Kings 17:16
They broke all the laws of Jehovah their God. They made two metal bull-calves to worship. They also made an image of the goddess Asherah. Also they worshiped the stars and served the god Baal.
2 Kings 21:3
He built the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed. He made altars for Baal. Then he made an Asherah as Ahab, king of Israel, had done. Manasseh was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.
Jeremiah 17:1
Jehovah says: Judah's sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns (strength) (authority) of their altars.
Did more to provoke
1 Kings 16:30
Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, even worse than all who went before him!
1 Kings 21:19
Say to him: 'Jehovah says: Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage?' Then say: 'Jehovah says: Your blood will become the drink of dogs! You will go to the same place where the dogs drink the blood of Naboth.'
1 Kings 22:6
So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them: Should I attack Ramoth, or not? They answered: Attack, Jehovah will give you victory.
General references
Deuteronomy 16:21
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.