Groves

Antiquity of — Ge 21:33.

Often on tops of hills — 1Ki 14:23; Ho 4:13.

Often used as resting places — 1Sa 22:6.

Idols were worshipped in — De 12:2.

Not to be planted near God’s altar — De 16:21.

Of Canaanites, to be destroyed — Ex 34:13; De 7:5; 12:3.

For idol worship planted

By Ahab. — 1Ki 16:33.

By Manasseh. — 2Ki 21:3.

By Israelites. — 2Ki 17:16.

Fondness of Israel for — Jer 17:2.

Punishment for making and serving — 1Ki 14:15; Isa 1:28,29; Mic 5:14.

Destroyed by

Gideon. — Jdj 6:25-28.

Hezekiah. — 2Ki 18:4.

Asa. — 2Ch 14:3.

Jehoshaphat. — 2Ch 17:6.

Josiah. — 2Ki 23:14; 2Ch 34:3,7.

God promised to wean Israel from — Isa 17:7,8.