2 Chronicles 15:16 meaning and explanation
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
2 Chronicles 15:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Asa, king of Judah, is carrying out the reforms that followed Azariah's prophecy and the covenant renewal at Jerusalem. Maacah, his grandmother, held the office of queen mother, a position of real public influence, and she had made an Asherah pole, an object of worship tied to the goddess Asherah.
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