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12 He put away the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he removed all of the idols that his ancestors[a] made. 13 Also, he had Maacah his mother removed from the office of queen mother, as she had made a repulsive image for the Asherah. Asa also cut down her repulsive image and burned it in the Wadi[b] Kidron. 14 But the high places he did not remove. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was completely with Yahweh all of his days.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:12 Or “fathers”
  2. 1 Kings 15:13 Or “valley”; a wadi is a valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season