A graven image of the grove. — The graven image of the Ashçrah (2 Kings 21:3).
In the house of which the Lord said... — See 1 Kings 8:16; 1 Kings 9:3. It is meant that the Asherah was erected within the Temple itself, probably in the holy place — an act which was the climax of Manasseh’s impiety. (Comp. 23:4; Ezekiel 43:7; Jeremiah 7:30 seq.)