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