1Ki 14:15 | HCSB | STEP | For the Lord will strike Israel and the people will shake as a reed shakes in water . He will uproot Israel from this good soil that He gave to their ancestors . He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates because they made their Asherah poles , provoking the Lord .

1 Kings 14:15

15 For the Lord will strike Israel and the people will shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that He gave to their ancestors. ^a He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates ^b because they made their ^{▼▼Asherah(s): A Canaanite fertility goddess, who was the mother of the god Baal; also the wooden poles associated with the worship of her}Asherah poles, provoking the Lord. ^d