1Ki 16:33 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 33. Ahab made a grove ] Asherah, Astarte , or Venus; what the Syriac calls an idol , and the Arabic , a tall tree ; probably meaning, by the last, an image of Priapus , the obscene keeper of groves, orchards, and gardens.

‏ 1 Kings 16:33

Verse 33. Ahab made a grove] Asherah, Astarte, or Venus; what the Syriac calls an idol, and the Arabic, a tall tree; probably meaning, by the last, an image of Priapus, the obscene keeper of groves, orchards, and gardens.