¹² He eliminated cult prostitution throughout the land, and he destroyed every idol his fathers had crafted. ¹³ He also took away his mother’s position as queen mother because she, Maacah, had made a corrupt and vile image honoring the goddess Asherah. Asa stripped down the goddess’s image and set fire to it in the trash heap beside the Kidron stream. ¹⁴ The high places were left alone. Asa did not touch them, but his heart belonged wholly to the Eternal One for his entire life.