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13 He also told his grandmother Maakah that she could no longer have authority as the Queen Mother.[a] This was because she had made a disgusting Asherah pole to worship. Asa cut down the Asherah pole and he burned it in the Kidron Valley.[b] 14 Asa did not remove the altars on all the hills, but he served the Lord faithfully for his whole life. 15 He brought into the Lord's temple the things that he and his father had made as gifts to the Lord. They used silver and gold to make some of these things.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:13 ‘Queen Mother’ was the wife of a king that had now died. She had authority to make important decisions.
  2. 15:13 The Kidron Valley was outside Jerusalem.