'Poles' in the Bible
For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.
The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are there to this day.
For the Lord will strike Israel and the people will shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that He gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates because they made their Asherah poles, provoking the Lord.
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;