1 Kings 14:15
English Standard Version Anglicised
15 the Lord will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and (A)root up Israel out of (B)this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them (C)beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their (D)Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.
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1 Kings 14:15
New International Version
15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(C) poles.[a]
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings
1 Kings 14:15
King James Version
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
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1 Kings 14:23
English Standard Version Anglicised
23 For they also built for themselves (A)high places (B)and pillars and (C)Asherim on every high hill and (D)under every green tree,
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1 Kings 14:23
New International Version
23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C)
1 Kings 14:23
King James Version
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
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1 Kings 15:13
English Standard Version Anglicised
13 (A)He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and (B)burned it at the brook Kidron.
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1 Kings 15:13
New International Version
13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah(A) from her position as queen mother,(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down(C) and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
1 Kings 15:13
King James Version
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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1 Kings 16:33
English Standard Version Anglicised
33 And Ahab made an (A)Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger (B)than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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1 Kings 16:33
New International Version
33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(A) and did more(B) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
1 Kings 16:33
King James Version
33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
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