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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
KINGS
COMMONLY CALLED
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 14
  15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up aIsrael out of this bgood land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond cthe river, because they have made their dgroves, eprovoking the Lord to anger.

Footnotes
15a
b
Josh. 23: 16 (15-16).
  16 When ye have atransgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the bgood land which he hath given unto you.
c
IE the Euphrates.
d
HEB asherim; i.e. idolatrous, wooden poles, pillars, or trees.
Deut. 16: 21.
  21 ¶ aThou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
e