They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains! They burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars (storax) and the strong tree, because it has good shade. Your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery. Verse Concepts

Ezekiel 6:13

Then you will know that I am Jehovah. Those who are killed will lie beside the idols around their altars. They will lie on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every large tree and every leafy oak. These are the places where they made offerings to their disgusting idols. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » The ancients often » Rested » Under

Judges 6:11

The angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah. He sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him. Verse Concepts

Judges 6:19

So Gideon went into his house and cooked a young goat and used a bushel of flour to make bread without any yeast. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, brought them to Jehovah's angel under the oak tree, and gave them to him. Verse Concepts

1 Kings 13:14

He rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree. Are you the man of God who came from Judah? He asked. I am. Came his reply. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » The ancients often » Buried their dead under

Genesis 35:8

Deborah died. She was the servant who cared for Rebekah from childhood. She was buried near Bethel, under the holy tree. They named it Allon-bacuth (weeping tree). Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their fighting men took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Absalom in his flight intercepted by, and suspended from

2 Samuel 18:14

I will not waste any more time with you, Joab said. He took three spears and plunged them into Absalom's chest while he was still alive and hanging in the oak tree. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 18:9-10

Absalom happened to come face to face with some of David's men. He was riding on a mule. The mule went under the tangled branches of a large tree. Absalom's head became caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair when the mule under him ran away. A man who saw this told Joab: I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.

Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers

Isaiah 2:13

It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, Verse Concepts

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, You fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones are destroyed. Wail you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Described as » Thick spreading

2 Samuel 18:9

Ezekiel 6:13

Oak Trees » The ancients often » Erected monuments under

Joshua 24:26

Joshua wrote these commands in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in Jehovah's sanctuary. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Jacob buried his family idols under

Genesis 35:4

So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Idolaters often made idols of

Isaiah 44:14

He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » The tyrian made oars of

Ezekiel 27:6

Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Illustrative » (fading,) of the wicked under judgments

Isaiah 1:30

You will be like an oak whose leaves wither and like a garden without water. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of the church

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people are left it will be destroyed (burned) again. When a strong tree or an oak is cut down, a stump is left. The holy seed is the stump. Verse Concepts

Oak Trees » Described as » Casting its leaves in winter