Judges 3 · Scofield
Groves Groves, like high places, have been associated with idolatrous worship from time immemorial. The Heb. asherah, trans. grove means also the idol enshrined there. Deuteronomy 16:21 . This idol seems often to have been a sacred tree, the figure of which is constantly found on Assyrian monuments. In apostate Israel, however, such groves were associated with every form of idolatry, e.g. 2 Kings 17:16,17 . (See Scofield " 1 Kings 3:2 ") and Ashtaroth See Scofield " Judges 2:13 ".