An Asherah pole was a sacred pole (or sometimes a tree) that was used in the worship of the pagan goddess Asherah.
The prohibition, as Dever notes, is also a testament that some people were putting up Asherah poles beside Yahweh's altars (cf. pp. I am reading now the book of 1st and 2nd Kings, and reference is made to the putting up of asherah poles in Israel, in pagan worship. No doubt, during that time, pagan religions influenced their thinking. Even the so called Greek Septuagint reads as does the King James Bible - Deuteronomy 16:21 - "Thou shalt not plant for thyself A GROVE; thou shalt not plant for thyself any tree near the altar of thy God." . The expression "Low man on the totem pole" was popularized by radio comedian Fred Allen, referring to his friend, journalist H. Allen Smith. Contrary to popular belief, totem poles are not worshipped or used as idols. In I Kings 16:33 they state, "And Ahab made A GROVE” which provoked the Lord God to anger. I actually heard someone refer to this passage as "proof" that planting a "grove" will cause one to be eternally lost!!! The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate. Answering the Bible agnostics who criticize the King James Bible - Bible corrector and NIV Vatican Version user Al Maxey posts on his site: “These (King James Bible) translators also did not know that the "Asherah" was a wooden idol representing a Canaanite goddess, so they translated the word repeatedly as meaning a "grove" of trees. .
God appears to hate these objects, but what exactly are they? Asherah, for instance, likely married her son after he supplanted El, reminiscent of an Oedipus Rex plot.
The Asherah pole was often mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the ways the Israelites sinned against the Lord and worshiped other gods. The Asherah pole was often mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the ways the Israelites sinned against the Lord and worshiped other gods.
179–258.Quote from the BBC documentary (prof. Herbert Niehr): "Between the 10th century and the beginning of their exile in 586 there was polytheism as normal religion all throughout Israel; only afterwards things begin to change and very slowly they begin to change. A Hebrew arrowhead from 11th century BC bears the inscription "Servant of the Lion Lady. "This 'Ashira' may be Athirat/Asherah.
Through our media, our workplace, and our day-to-day activities, we absorb non-biblical ideas of the culture around us.Whenever that happens, we have to remind ourselves about the truth of Scripture and God. The Canaanites often worshipped her via trees (Asherah poles) because of her association with the tree of life. pray thou not for this people . All rights reserved. Throughout the Old Testament, we see the words “Asherah pole” often in conjunction with the practices of foreign religions. Lacking a written language, North American Indians utilised totem poles to record their culture for the benefit of future generations. These poles, or sometimes stylized trees, stood as a sacred monument and tribute to the Canaanite goddess, Asherah. Abstract: The totem-pole bridgeless power factor correction (PFC) rectifier has recently been recognized as a promising front-end candidate for applications like servers and telecommunication power supplies. How sad!” [End of Al Maxey's comments]Genesis 21:33 where we are told - “And Abraham planted a GROVE in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.” is found only three times in the Hebrew texts and the other two times it is translated as a “tree” in the King James Bible.the KJV 21st Century 1994, The Revised Webster Bible 1995, the Third Millennium Bible 1998 - "planted A GROVE", Bond Slave Version 2009, English Jubilee Bible 2010 - "A GROVE", Hebraic Transliteration Scripture 2010, Biblos Interlinear Bible 2011, The Work of God's Children Illustrated Bible 2011. Totem pole, carved and painted log, mounted vertically, constructed by the Indians of the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada.
These poles, or sometimes stylized trees, stood as a sacred monument and tribute to the Canaanite goddess, Asherah. Not to mention the Canaanite religion had quite a few immoral myths and practices. Asherah was patronized by female royals such as the Popular culture defines Canaanite religion and Hebrew idolatry as sexual "fertility cults," products of primitive superstition rather than spiritual philosophy. . Hosea, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel in particular blame the goddess religions for making Yahweh "jealous," and cite his jealousy as the reason Yahweh allowed the destruction of Jerusalem.