Translated in RSV as “Asherod,” “Ashera,” and “Asherim.”
They were symbols of the Phoenician goddess, Asherah)
Forbidden to be established
Deuteronomy 16:21; Isaiah 1:29; 17:8; 27:9; Micah 5:14
Worshipped by Israelites
Judges 3:7; 1 Kings 14:15,23; 15:13; 18:19; 2 Kings 13:6; 17:10,16; 21:3-7; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Jeremiah 17:2
Destroyed by
Gideon
Judges 6:28
Hezekiah
2 Kings 18:4
Josiah
2 Kings 23:14; 2 Chronicles 34:3,4
Asa
2 Chronicles 14:3
Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 17:6; 19:3
