1 Kings 15:9-15

New King James Version

Asa Reigns in Judah^(A)

⁹ 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.