Asa Reigns in Judah(A)

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. 10 And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom. 11 (B)Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father David. 12 (C)And he banished the [a]perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 Also he removed (D)Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [b]Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and (E)burned it by the Brook Kidron. 14 (F)But the [c]high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s (G)heart was loyal to the Lord all his days. 15 He also brought into the house of the Lord the things which his father (H)had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:12 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
  2. 1 Kings 15:13 A Canaanite goddess
  3. 1 Kings 15:14 Places for pagan worship

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