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1 Kings 15:11-13
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11 Asa obeyed the Lord, as David had done. 12 (A) He forced the prostitutes[a] at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made. 13 His own grandmother Maacah had made an idol of Asherah, and Asa took it and burned it in Kidron Valley. Then he removed Maacah from her position as queen mother.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 15.12 prostitutes: See the note at 14.24.
  2. 15.13 queen mother: Or “the mother of the king,” an important position in biblical times (see 2.19).
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