16 (A)He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image [a]as (B)an Asherah, and (C)Asa cut down her abominable image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 15:16 Or for Asherah; i.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity

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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