▁ 1 5 : 1 3 ). ▁But ▁more ▁commonly , ▁perhaps , ▁Ash er ah ▁was ▁worship ed ▁within ▁the ▁household , ▁and ▁her ▁offer ings ▁were ▁performed ▁by ▁family ▁mat ri arch s . ▁As ▁the ▁women ▁of ▁Jerusalem ▁att ested , ▁" When ▁we ▁burn ed ▁inc ense ▁to ▁the ▁Queen ▁of ▁Heaven ▁and ▁pou red ▁out ▁drink ▁offer ings ▁to ▁her , ▁did ▁not ▁our ▁hus b ands ▁know ▁that ▁we ▁were ▁making ▁c akes ▁im pressed ▁with ▁her ▁image ▁and ▁pour ing ▁out ▁drink ▁offer ings ▁to ▁her ?” ▁( J erem iah ▁ 4 4 : 1 9 ). ▁This ▁passage ▁cor ro bor ates ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁arch ae ological ▁exc av ations ▁showing ▁alt ar ▁spaces ▁in ▁Heb rew ▁homes . ▁The ▁" house hold ▁id ols " ▁various ly ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁the ▁Bible ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁hundreds ▁of ▁female ▁P ill ar - Base ▁Fig ur ines ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁discovered . ▁ ▁Popular ▁culture ▁defines ▁C ana an ite ▁religion ▁and ▁Heb rew ▁id ol at ry ▁as ▁sexual ▁" fer til ity ▁cult s ," ▁products ▁of ▁primitive ▁super st ition ▁rather ▁than ▁spiritual ▁philosophy . ▁This ▁position ▁is ▁but tr essed ▁by ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible , ▁which ▁frequently ▁and ▁graph ically ▁associ ates ▁god dess ▁relig ions ▁with ▁prost itution . ▁As ▁Jer em iah ▁wrote , ▁" On ▁every ▁high ▁hill ▁and ▁under ▁every ▁spread ing ▁tree ▁you ▁lay ▁down ▁as ▁a ▁prost itute "