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Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <a href="/nlt/1_kings/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <a href="/esv/1_kings/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/15.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Also he removed Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and burned it by the Brook Kidron. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And even his mother Maacah, he also removed her from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her abominable image and burned it at the brook Kidron. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And he also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. <a href="/amp/1_kings/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He also deposed his [great-grand]mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid (obscene, vulgar) image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her horrid image, and burned it by the Brook Kidron. <a href="/csb/1_kings/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <a href="/asv/1_kings/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/1_kings/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> His own grandmother Maacah had made an idol of Asherah, and Asa took it and burned it in Kidron Valley. Then he removed Maacah from her position as queen mother. <a href="/erv/1_kings/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa cut the statue down and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> He removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made an obscene idol of the fertility goddess Asherah. Asa cut down the idol and burned it in Kidron Valley. <a href="/isv/1_kings/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> He removed his mother Maacah from her position as Queen Mother because she had made a detestable image dedicated to Asherah. Asa cut down his mother's idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Kidron Brook. <a href="/msb/1_kings/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/1_kings/15.htm">NET Bible</a> He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/1_kings/15.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and also his mother Maachah—he turns her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for an Asherah, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and burns [it] by the Brook of Kidron; <a href="/ylt/1_kings/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth it by the brook Kidron; <a href="/slt/1_kings/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And also Maachah, his mother, he will turn aside from being mistress, because she made terror to a statue; and Asa will cut off her terror, and burn by the torrent Kidron.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Moreover he also removed his mother Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron: <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacah, from being the leader in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in his sacred grove which she had consecrated. And he destroyed his grotto. And he shattered the very indecent idol, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/15.htm">New American Bible</a> He also deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made an outrageous object for Asherah. Asa cut down this object and burned it in the Wadi Kidron. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He also removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for Asherah; Asa cut down her image and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Moreover he removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she used to make a feast to her idol, and Asa destroyed her idol and burned it at the brook Kidron. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also he removed Maaka his mother from Majesty, because she had made a feast for her idol, and Asa cut it off with her idolatry and burned it in the valley of Qedrown.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/1_kings/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he removed Ana his mother from being queen, forasmuch as she gathered a meeting in her grove: and Asa cut down her retreats, and burnt them with fire in the brook of Kedron. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/15-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=6011" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/15.htm">Asa Reigns in Judah</a> …12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">He also</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: way·si·re·hā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3fs) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">removed</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">his grandmother</a> <a href="/hebrew/4601.htm" title="4601: ma·‘ă·ḵāh (N-proper-fs) -- An Israelite name, also a non-Isr. name, also a region in Syria. ">Maacah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1377.htm" title="1377: mig·gə·ḇî·rāh (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Lady, queen. Feminine of gbiyr; a mistress.">from her position as queen mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">she had made</a> <a href="/hebrew/4656.htm" title="4656: mip̄·le·ṣeṯ (N-fs) -- Horrid thing. From palats; a terror, i.e. An idol.">a detestable</a> <a href="/hebrew/842.htm" title="842: lā·’ă·šê·rāh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Or masheyrah; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.">Asherah pole.</a> <a href="/hebrew/609.htm" title="609: ’ā·sā (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps healer, an Isr. name. Of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite.">Asa</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: way·yiḵ·rōṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">chopped down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4656.htm" title="4656: mip̄·laṣ·tāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Horrid thing. From palats; a terror, i.e. An idol.">the pole</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: way·yiś·rōp̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">and burned</a> <a href="/hebrew/6939.htm" title="6939: qiḏ·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Perhaps dusky, a wadi E. of Jer. From qadar; dusky place; Kidron, a brook near Jerusalem.">it in the Kidron</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: bə·na·ḥal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">Valley.</a> 14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">2 Chronicles 15:16</a> 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. <a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a> You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Deuteronomy 7:5</a> Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a> Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place. <a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a> He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. <a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">2 Kings 23:12-15</a> He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. / The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4-7</a> Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. / Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. ... <a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Judges 6:25-32</a> On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. / Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.” / So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime. ... <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">1 Samuel 7:3-4</a> Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” / So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD. <a href="/1_kings/11-5.htm">1 Kings 11:5-8</a> Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. / At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. ... <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a> He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it. <a href="/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7</a> Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a> All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-19</a> Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. / But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.” / “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?” <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Ezekiel 8:14</a> Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.Maachah<a href="/1_kings/15-2.htm">1 Kings 15:2,10</a> Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom… <a href="/2_chronicles/15-15.htm">2 Chronicles 15:15,16</a> And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about… his mother<a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-11</a> If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; … <a href="/deuteronomy/33-9.htm">Deuteronomy 33:9</a> Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.<a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Zechariah 13:3</a> And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.destroyed [heb] cut off<a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a> And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.<a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Deuteronomy 7:5</a> But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.<a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a> He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.and burnt<a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Exodus 32:20</a> And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.<a href="/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Deuteronomy 9:21</a> And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.<a href="/joshua/6-24.htm">Joshua 6:24</a> And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.the brook<a href="/2_samuel/15-23.htm">2 Samuel 15:23</a> And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.<a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a> And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.<a href="/john/18-1.htm">John 18:1</a> When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.Cedron <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-11.htm">Asa</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-5.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-5.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-14.htm">Cutteth</a> <a href="/acts/19-27.htm">Deposed</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-28.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-5.htm">Grandmother</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm">Grove</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Horrible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">Horrid</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Idol</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-16.htm">Image</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-37.htm">Kidron</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-10.htm">Maacah</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-10.htm">Maachah</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-19.htm">Mistress</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-10.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Pole</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">Position</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-19.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Repulsive</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Shrine</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-37.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-37.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">Asa</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-3.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-33.htm">Cutteth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-3.htm">Deposed</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-5.htm">Grandmother</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm">Grove</a> <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Horrible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">Horrid</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">Idol</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm">Image</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">Kidron</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-20.htm">Maacah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-48.htm">Maachah</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">Mistress</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-23.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm">Pole</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-12.htm">Position</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-13.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-6.htm">Repulsive</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm">Shrine</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-3.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-22.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 15</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/15-1.htm">Abijam's wicked reign</a> 7. <a href="/1_kings/15-7.htm">Asa succeeds him</a> 9. <a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm">Asa's good reign</a> 16. <a href="/1_kings/15-16.htm">The war between Baasha and him causes him to make a league with Ben-Hadad</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/15-23.htm">Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/15-25.htm">Nadab's wicked reign</a> 27. <a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm">Baasha conspiring against him, executes Ahijah's prophecy</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/15-31.htm">Nadab's acts and death</a> 33. <a href="/1_kings/15-33.htm">Baasha's wicked reign</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother In the ancient Near Eastern context, the queen mother held significant influence and authority, often advising the king and participating in court politics. Maacah, the grandmother of Asa, was the daughter of Absalom and the wife of Rehoboam, making her a prominent figure in the royal lineage. Asa's decision to remove her from this position demonstrates his commitment to religious reform and his willingness to challenge familial ties for the sake of spiritual integrity. This act reflects the biblical principle of prioritizing obedience to God over familial loyalty, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Matthew 10:37</a>.because she had made a detestable Asherah pole Asherah poles were wooden symbols associated with the worship of the Canaanite goddess Asherah, often erected near altars dedicated to Baal. Such idolatrous practices were strictly forbidden in Israelite law (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Deuteronomy 16:21-22</a>) and were considered abominations. The presence of an Asherah pole indicates the syncretism and idolatry that had infiltrated Judah, which Asa sought to eradicate. This action aligns with the biblical theme of purging idolatry to maintain covenant faithfulness, as emphasized in the first and second commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-6</a>).Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley The Kidron Valley, located east of Jerusalem, served as a site for disposing of impurities and idolatrous objects (<a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a>). Asa's destruction of the Asherah pole by chopping and burning it signifies a complete and public renunciation of idolatry, ensuring that no remnants remained to tempt the people back into sin. This act of purification is reminiscent of the reforms of later kings like Josiah, who also destroyed idolatrous objects (<a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-15</a>). The burning of the pole symbolizes the total eradication of sin, akin to the purifying fire of God's judgment (<a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/asa.htm">Asa</a> The king of Judah who reigned for 41 years. He is noted for his religious reforms and efforts to rid Judah of idolatry. 2. <a href="/topical/m/maacah.htm">Maacah</a> Asa's grandmother, who held the influential position of queen mother. She was removed from her position due to her involvement in idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/a/asherah_pole.htm">Asherah Pole</a> A wooden object associated with the worship of the Canaanite goddess Asherah. It was considered idolatrous and offensive to the worship of Yahweh. 4. <a href="/topical/k/kidron_valley.htm">Kidron Valley</a> A valley located on the eastern side of Jerusalem. It was often used as a place to dispose of idols and other objects associated with pagan worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_godly_leadership.htm">Commitment to Godly Leadership</a> Asa's actions demonstrate the importance of prioritizing God's commandments over familial ties. Leaders must be willing to make difficult decisions to uphold righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_idolatry.htm">The Dangers of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just a historical issue but a present-day challenge. Anything that takes precedence over God in our lives can become an idol. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_influence.htm">The Role of Influence</a> Maacah's position as queen mother highlights the significant influence family members can have. It is crucial to ensure that such influence aligns with godly principles. <a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_reform.htm">The Necessity of Reform</a> Asa's removal of the Asherah pole signifies the need for continual reformation in our spiritual lives, removing anything that hinders our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/p/public_and_private_faithfulness.htm">Public and Private Faithfulness</a> Asa's public act of burning the Asherah pole in the Kidron Valley serves as a reminder that our faithfulness to God should be evident both privately and publicly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 15</a> <a href="/q/why_is_abijah_more_faithful_in_chronicles.htm">2 Chronicles 13 compared with 1 Kings 15:3 - Why does Abijah appear more faithful in Chronicles than in Kings, and what might explain this seeming discrepancy?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_abijam's_mother_named_differently.htm">In 1 Kings 15:2, why does Abijam's mother appear as 'Maachah,' while 2 Chronicles 13:2 identifies her differently?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_archeology_on_asa_deposing_maachah.htm">In 1 Kings 15:13, is there any archeological corroboration for Asa deposing his grandmother Maachah over idol worship?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_high_places_remain_in_1_kings_15_14.htm">In 1 Kings 15:14, why are the high places said to remain, yet 2 Chronicles 14:3 claims Asa removed them?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) An idol in a grove.--The original word for "idol"--peculiar to this passage and its parallel (<a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm" title="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.">2Chronicles 15:16</a>)--appears to signify a "horrible abomination" of some monstrous kind; and instead of "in a grove," we should read "for an asherah," the wooden emblem of the Canaanitish deity (on which see <a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm" title="And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.">1Kings 14:22</a>). There seems little doubt that some obscene emblem is meant, of the kind so often connected with worship of the productive powers of nature in ancient religions, substituted as a still greater abomination for the ordinary asherah. Clearly the act of Maachah was one of so flagrant a kind, that Asa took the unusual step, on which the historian here lays great stress, of degrading her in her old age from her high dignity, besides hewing down her idol, and burning it publicly under the walls of Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - And also Maachah his mother, oven her he removed from being queen [Rather, queen-mother. Gebiruh, as already pointed out on ch. 2:19, answers to the Sultana Valide. The Vulgate reads, Ne esset princeps in sacris Priapi. Wordsworth reminds us of the position which the queen-mother Atossa holds in the Persae (vers. 159-850). A queen consort is hardly possible in a polygamous household; see Kitto, 4:177] because [Heb. which, as in ver. 5] she had made all idol [מִפְלֶצֶת from פָלַץ terruit, signifies an object of fear, formido - not pudendum, a thing of shame, as the Rabbis and others have held, i.e., a phallic image (simulacrum obscoenum, Jerome), but horrendum. The devout Jew could not but regard such objects with horror] in a grove [Heb. for (i.e., to serve as) an Asherah. See note on 1 Kings 14:15, 23. Asherah is not the name of the goddess ( = Astarte), as Wordsworth thinks, but of the image], and Asa destroyed [Marg. cut off, Heb. simply cut, which here must mean cut down. The image was, no doubt, planted erect in the ground] her idol [horror, as above], and burnt it [this shows that it was made of wood] by the brook Kidron. [Cf. <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Exodus 32:20</a>. Here, as in <a href="/1_kings/17-3.htm">1 Kings 17:3</a> (where see note), our translators have been unable to adhere strictly to the original "in the brook," etc., from not knowing that נַחַל, which primarily means "brook," also means" watercourse," wady. It is probable that the brook was at this time flowing, and that the ashes of the wooden Asherah were cast into it; but the burning also took place in the Wady, or valley. We read of another similar burning in <a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4, 6</a>; but in this case the ashes were either carried to Bethel or cast upon the graves, to defile them. It is a fair inference that on this latter occasion the Kedron was dry. The valley, "the fields of the Kedron" (ver. 4 l.c.), is conveniently placed for such a purpose.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/15-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He also וְגַ֣ם ׀ (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and removed וַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙ (way·si·re·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside his grandmother אִמּ֗וֹ (’im·mōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) Maacah מַעֲכָ֣ה (ma·‘ă·ḵāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4601.htm">Strong's 4601: </a> Maacah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria as the queen mother, מִגְּבִירָ֔ה (mig·gə·ḇî·rāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1377.htm">Strong's 1377: </a> Lady, queen because אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that she had made עָשְׂתָ֥ה (‘ā·śə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make a detestable מִפְלֶ֖צֶת (mip̄·le·ṣeṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4656.htm">Strong's 4656: </a> A terror, an idol Asherah pole. לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה (lā·’ă·šê·rāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_842.htm">Strong's 842: </a> A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same Asa אָסָא֙ (’ā·sā) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_609.htm">Strong's 609: </a> Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name chopped down וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת (way·yiḵ·rōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the pole מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ (mip̄·laṣ·tāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4656.htm">Strong's 4656: </a> A terror, an idol and burned וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (way·yiś·rōp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> To be, on fire it in the Kidron קִדְרֽוֹן׃ (qiḏ·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6939.htm">Strong's 6939: </a> Kidron -- perhaps 'dusky', a wadi East of Jerusalem Valley. בְּנַ֥חַל (bə·na·ḥal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 15:13 Also Maacah his mother he removed (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 15:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 15:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 15:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 15:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>