1 Kings 15:13
He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
Note destroyed: Heb. cut off
He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Maachah
- 1 Kings 15:2, 10; 2 Chronicles 15:15, 16–19
- his mother
- Deuteronomy 13:6–11; Deuteronomy 33:9; Zechariah 13:3; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 12:46–50; 2 Corinthians 5:16; Galatians 2:5, 6, 14
- destroyed
- Heb. cut off.
- Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:12–15; 2 Chronicles 34:4
- and burnt
- Exodus 32:20; Deuteronomy 9:21; Joshua 6:24
- the brook
- 2 Samuel 15:23; 2 Kings 23:6; John 18:1