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Critics also argue “Ashera” is not a god or a wife.
Instead, it may refer to a tree – perhaps the one shown surrounded by ibexes on the same jar. Ashera is briefly mentioned in the Old Testament.
The Mood Goddess...consort of Ba'al...A brief check found 20 or so OT references..
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Judges 2:11-12
11 sAnd the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. 12 tAnd they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. uThey went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and vbowed down to them. wAnd they provoked the Lord to anger. 13 They abandoned the Lord xand served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
