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1 Kings 15:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asaa βdestroyed her idol, and burntb it by the brook Kidron.

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2 Chron. 15:16• ¹⁶And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. (2 Chron. 15:16)

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cut of.

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Ex. 32:20• ²⁰And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. (Ex. 32:20)

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Asa,

Brook,

Grove,

Idolatry,

Kidron; Kedron,

Maacah; Maachah,

Mother,

Queen

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Maachah.

1 Kings 15:2,10• ²He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, a daughter of Abishalom.
¹⁰and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom. (1 Kings 15:2,10)

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2 Chron. 15:15,16‑19• ¹⁵And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
¹⁶And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
¹⁷But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
¹⁸And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
¹⁹And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. (2 Chron. 15:15,16‑19)

his mother.

Deut. 13:6‑11• ⁶If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
⁷of the gods of the peoples which are round about you, near unto thee, or far from thee, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth),
⁸thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,
⁹but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
¹⁰and thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; for he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
¹¹and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst. (Deut. 13:6‑11)

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Deut. 33:9• ⁹Who said of his father and of his mother,{HR}I have not seen him;{HR}Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,{HR}Nor know his own children;{HR}For they kept thy word,{HR}And guarded thy covenant. (Deut. 33:9)

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Zech. 13:3• ³And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. (Zech. 13:3)

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Matt. 10:37• ³⁷He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:37)

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Matt. 12:46‑50• ⁴⁶But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
⁴⁷Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.
⁴⁸But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?
⁴⁹And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
⁵⁰for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Matt. 12:46‑50)

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2 Cor. 5:16• ¹⁶So that we henceforth know no one as to flesh: if we have even known Christ as to flesh, yet now are we no longer knowing [him]; (2 Cor. 5:16)

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Gal. 2:5‑6,14• ⁵to whom we yielded in subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might abide with you.
⁶But from those reputed to be something, whatsoever they were maketh no difference to me(God accepteth no man's person(for to me those in repute imparted nothing;
¹⁴But when I saw that they walk not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest nationally and not Jewishly, how forcest thou the nations to judaize? (Gal. 2:5‑6,14)

destroyed.

Heb. cut off.

Lev. 26:30• ³⁰And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you. (Lev. 26:30)

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Deut. 7:5• ⁵But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs, and burn their graven images with fire. (Deut. 7:5)

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2 Kings 18:4• ⁴He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. (2 Kings 18:4)

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2 Kings 23:12‑15• ¹²And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, removing them from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.
¹³And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
¹⁴And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.
¹⁵Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah. (2 Kings 23:12‑15)

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2 Chron. 34:4• ⁴And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence, and the images that were on high above them, he cut down: and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. (2 Chron. 34:4)

and burnt.

Ex. 32:20• ²⁰And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. (Ex. 32:20)

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Deut. 9:21• ²¹And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, until it became fine dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that flowed down from the mountain. (Deut. 9:21)

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Josh. 6:24• ²⁴And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. (Josh. 6:24)

the brook.

2 Sam. 15:23• ²³And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. (2 Sam. 15:23)

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2 Kings 23:6• ⁶And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the torrent of Kidron, and burned it at the torrent of Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder upon the graves of the children of the people. (2 Kings 23:6)

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John 18:1• ¹Having said these things Jesus went out with his disciples beyond the torrent-bed of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples. (John 18:1)

Cedron.

• Maachah occupied the position of queen, perhaps of regent mother, at Asa’s court. He stripped her of her dignity and prestige, she who in face of her grandson’s zeal to abolish idolatry had ventured and had wished to reestablish it in its most corrupt forms. (“Nadab and Baasha, Kings of Israel and Abijam and Asa, Kings of Judah: 1 Kings 15” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And also Maachah his mother he removed from being queenb, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and burned it in the valley of Kidron.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "mistress." It was a position similar to that of an empress-mother in China. see ch 2.19; for Asherah, see Ex. 34.13; Judg. 2.13.

W. Kelly Translation

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And also Maachah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and burned it in the valley of Kidron.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)