2 Chronicles 15:16
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Note Hebrew his mother
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
Note mother: that is, grandmother
Note idol: Heb. horror
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Maachah
- 1 Kings 15:13–24
- the mother
- that is, grandmother.
- 1 Kings 15:2, 10
- he removed
- 2 Chronicles 14:3–5; Exodus 32:27, 28; Deuteronomy 13:6–8; Deuteronomy 33:9; Zechariah 13:3; Mark 3:21, 31–35; 2 Corinthians 5:16
- idol
- Heb. horror. cut down.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3–5; 2 Chronicles 34:7; Exodus 32:20; Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 7:5, 25, 26; Deuteronomy 9:21; 1 Kings 15:14–24; 2 Kings 23:6, 12, 15