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(2Ch 33:11-13, 15, 21-23) This made it necessary for righteous King Josiah, who succeeded Amon to the throne, to pull down the houses of the male temple prostitutes that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women were weaving tent shrines for the sacred pole.2Ki 23:4-7. I can go to the Temple and look like I'm really somebody in the community. Every Action Has a Reaction. [10] What does asherah pole Two Millennia, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Copyright 19982023, Jewish Women's Archive. A modest proposal is that they were originally living trees but eventually became wooden poles. We see her worship in the form of a tree and right next to the altar. (Jg 6:25) Jezebel, the Sidonian wife of Ahab the king of Israel, entertained at her table 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the sacred pole, or Asherah.1Ki 18:19. Most believe she was the wife of the supreme god El and the mother of Baal. The main reason Israel was exiled was because of her sins of idolatry: 2 Kings 17:16They rejected all the commands of the LORD their God and made two calves from metal. The 4.What Is an Asherah Pole and Does it Have Biblical Significance? A Hebrew word occurring frequently in the Bible (R. V.) and signifying, except in a few late passages noted below, a wooden post or pole planted near the altars of various gods. Baruch haba bshem Adoni YAHUAH. Since the 1920s, archaeologists have uncovered more than 850 terracotta female figurines throughout Israel and Judah dating to the eighth and seventh century BC. They forgot about the LORD their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles (Judges 3:7, NLT). May they all topple at the feet of Christ. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings. You have it right! Judah was punished for the sin of idol worship: Jeremiah 17:14The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron chiselengraved with a diamond point on their stony hearts and on the corners of their altars. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven. Who is Asherah? And Ahab made an Asherah. When I read that verse my first instinct is to say, I sure hope he had a tissue. Is an Asherah a good thing, or a bad thing? Asherah