1 Kings 15:13

And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had the image cut down and burned by the stream Kidron.

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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.

In Context

12Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.

14The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:20And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put it in the water and made the children of Israel take a drink of it.

Deuteronomy 7:5But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

Deuteronomy 13:6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

Joshua 6:24Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.

1 Kings 15:2For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

2 Kings 10:26And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:10-25

Asa's Reign. ( b. c. 914.) 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord , as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a… Read the whole commentary →

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