2 Chronicles 15:16
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571מַעֲכָהma'akhahMaacahH4601אֵם׀'em[the] mother ofH517אָסָא'asa'AsaH609הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428הֱסִירָהּhesirahhe removed herH5493מִגְּבִירָהmigevirahfrom queen-motherH1377אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whoH834עָשְׂתָה'asetahshe had madeH6213לַאֲשֵׁרָהla'asherahto an Asherah poleH842מִפְלָצֶתmiflatzetan abominable imageH4656וַיִּכְרֹתvaiyikhrotand he cut downH3772אָסָא'asa'AsaH609אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מִפְלַצְתָּהּmiflatztahabominable image herH4656וַיָּדֶקvaiyadekand he crushed [it]H1854וַיִּשְׂרֹףvaiyisrofand he burned [it]H8313בְּנַחַלbenachalin [the] wadi ofH5158קִדְרוֹן׃kidronKidronH6939
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 15:13-2413 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. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days. 15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.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. 14 The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated. 16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
- 2 Kings 23:15Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
- 1 Kings 15:10And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- Exodus 34:13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
- 1 Kings 15:2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 2 Kings 23:6And 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.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.
- Deuteronomy 13:6-86 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; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), 8 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
- Zechariah 13:3And 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.And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
- 2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.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.
- Mark 3:21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
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People and places
Places: Kidron