14 Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and (A)sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them (B)rest all around.

16 Also he removed (C)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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 15:16 Or grandmother
  2. 2 Chronicles 15:16 A Canaanite deity

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