Gospel Symbolism, pgs 252, 261; “
Grove. (See Asherah).
Asherah (Ashtoreth, Astarte). A fertility goddess made of a tree trunk. Referred to in the King James Version as a grove, or groves (Deut. 16:21; 1 Kgs. 14:15; Isa. 17:8).” – Joseph Fielding McConkie