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2 Chronicles 15:16
New King James Version
2 Chronicles 15:16
New King James Version
16 Also he removed (A)Maachah, the [a]mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [b]Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
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- 2 Chronicles 15:16 Or grandmother
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 A Canaanite deity
2 Chronicles 15:16
New International Version
2 Chronicles 15:16
New International Version
16 King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah(A) from her position as queen mother,(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah.(C) Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.(D)
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