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