¹⁶ The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines^(A) to take care of the palace.

¹³ He even deposed his grandmother Maakah^(A) from her position as queen mother,^(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down^(C) and burned it in the Kidron Valley.