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

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Asa, Maacah

Places: Kidron

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