1 Kings 15:13

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And he removed Maacah his mother as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image of Asherah. And Asa cut down the repulsive image and burned it in the Valley of Kidron.

Latin

Insuper et Maacham matrem suam amovit, ne esset princeps in sacris Priapi, et in luco ejus quem consecraverat: subvertitque specum ejus, et confregit simulacrum turpissimum, et combussit in torrente Cedron:

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English

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.

Notes

1 Kings 15:11–13

did what was right: Besides the reforms mentioned here, the writer of Chronicles notes the positive spiritual influence of God's prophet Azariah on the king (2 Chronicles 15:1–7). Asa also gathered a large assembly to renew the covenant with the Lord (2 Chronicles 15:9–15).
shrine prostitutes: See 1 Kings 14:23–24. Asa worked to limit idolatry and pagan fertility rituals, even removing Maacah from her powerful position as queen mother (1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16).
The Kidron Valley was where reforming kings of Judah destroyed pagan idols (2 Kings 23:4–15; 2 Chronicles 29:16; 30:14).

Theme notes and profiles

Asa

Events

Reign of Asa

Related verses

Exodus 32:20
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
John 18:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
Deuteronomy 33:9
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
Joshua 6:24
Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
Zechariah 13:3
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 Samuel 15:23
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
Galatians 2:5–6
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
2 Kings 23:6
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 9:21
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
1 Kings 15:2
…and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Deuteronomy 7:5
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.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 14:1–15 2 Chronicles 15:8–19

People

Asa: King of Judah, son of Abijah; father of Jehoshaphat Asherah: Canaanite goddess; associated with wooden poles, idolatry Maacah: Daughter of Abishalom; wife of Rehoboam; mother of Abijah

Places

Kidron: A valley east of Jerusalem, site of significant events

Glossary

High Place Idols, Idolatry Kings, Books of First and Second Maacah, Maachah (Person)

Topics

Asa: King of Judah Brooks: Kidron Cedron: Idols Destroyed on the Banks of by Asa Groves: Worshiped by Israelites Idolatry: Maachah Kidron: Destruction of Idols At, by Asa, Josiah, and the Levites Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Asa Prophecies Concerning Israel: Asa's Good Reign Religious Zeal: Asa Rulers: Righteous: Asa, in Abolishing Sodomy and Other Abominations of Idolatry

1 Kings 15:13

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