1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Kings 21:7

He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord: *concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

2 Kings 7:26.; 3 Kings 8:16.; 3 Kings 9:5.

Of the grove. Hebrew, "a graven thing of Ashera," the grove or Astarte, (Haydock) ver. 3. This was an engraving in sculpture of a sacred grove. (Sa) (Chap. 23:6.) (Tirinus) --- My name. I alone will be adored, and there allow an altar to be erected. (Haydock)