Groves

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
- Jud 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