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And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal, Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth it by the brook Kidron; Verse ConceptsFalse GodsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksBurning Idolatrous ThingsDeposingServing AsherahGrandmothersgrandmas

and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.' Verse ConceptsFalse GodsSchool Of ProphetsTablesAssembling IsraelFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other GodsServing Asherahjezebel

and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines. Verse ConceptsForgettingBaal Worship, HistorySuccessServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger; Verse ConceptsFalse Godsdispersion, theReedsRootsGod Scattering IsraelGod Beating PeopleGod ShakingBeyond The EuphratesServing Asherah

And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree; Verse ConceptsHillsSacred PlacesPolytheismObelisksServing Asherah

only, they have not turned aside from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin, therein they walked, and also, the shrine hath remained in Samaria, -- Verse ConceptsServing Asherah

and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree, Verse ConceptsHillsShrinesStonesObelisksServing AsherahWorship At Trees

and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them. And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, 'In Jerusalem I put My name.' And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah; read more.
and he hath caused his son to pass through fire, and observed clouds, and used enchantment, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah -- to provoke to anger. And he setteth the graven image of the shrine that he made in the house of which Jehovah said unto David and unto Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name -- to the age;

and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. Verse ConceptsForsaking God's Things

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As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsPeople RememberingServing AsherahWorship At Trees

And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images. Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men; Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsCrushing

And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images. And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that are on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,

for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down; Verse ConceptsAbolitionStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

'But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire; Verse ConceptsFalse GodsShrinesStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksBurning Idolatrous Things

and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place. Verse ConceptsStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksBurning Idolatrous ThingsNames Blotted OutstatuesgenocideHinduism

Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this is all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images. Verse ConceptsCrushingJacob, The PatriarchMineralsStonesServing Asherah

'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself, Verse ConceptsServing AsherahWorship At TreesChristmas Treegirlfriends

And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsDestruction Of CitiesCities Under Attack

For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturaldisgraceShrinesAnimismOaksShame Of Idolatry

And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images. Verse ConceptsFingersAltars, Pagan

And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger; Verse ConceptsFalse Godsdispersion, theReedsRootsGod Scattering IsraelGod Beating PeopleGod ShakingBeyond The EuphratesServing Asherah

And the destruction of transgressors and sinners is together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed. For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.

And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree; Verse ConceptsHillsSacred PlacesPolytheismObelisksServing Asherah

On tops of the mountains they do sacrifice, And on the hills they make perfume, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good is its shade. Verse ConceptsHillsTreesOaksThose Who Committed AdulterySacrificing On The High Places

but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.' Verse ConceptsReformationRenewed Heart

and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah. Verse ConceptsDesires For HolinessHigh PlacesLoyaltyShrinesRenewed Heart

and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself, Verse ConceptsServing AsherahWorship At TreesChristmas Treegirlfriends

ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree; Verse ConceptsColors, GreenHigh PlacesHillsDestruction Of Satan's WorksWorship At Trees

And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith to him, 'Take the young ox which is to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and thou hast thrown down the altar of Baal which is to thy father, and the shrine which is by it thou dost cut down, and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.' And Gideon taketh ten men of his servants, and doth as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and it cometh to pass, because he hath been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do it by day, that he doth it by night. read more.
And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built.

And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built. Verse ConceptsMorningBuilding AltarsThose Who Rose Early

And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal, Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

and Ahab maketh the shrine, and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, above all the kings of Israel who have been before him. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsServing Asherahjezebel

In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look, And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images.

And Saul heareth that David hath become known, and the men who are with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear is in his hand, and all his servants standing by him. Verse ConceptsTamarisk

As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsPeople RememberingServing AsherahWorship At Trees

and Abraham planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during; Verse Conceptseternity, nature ofGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfGod Is Self ExistentAbraham, The Friend Of GodTamariskLiteral Planting

and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

he hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it 'a piece of brass.' Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationShrinesThe Bronze SnakeSnakesStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksAbandoning IdolsBronze For IdolsMemorabilia