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Andy also concerning Maachah the νmother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an πidol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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1 Kings 15:13• ¹³And 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. (1 Kings 15:13)

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i.e. grandmother,

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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π

horror.

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Asa,

Brook,

Grove,

Idolatry,

Kidron; Kedron,

King,

Maacah; Maachah,

Mother,

Queen

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Maachah.

1 Kings 15:13‑24• ¹³And 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.
¹⁴But the high places were not removed; only, Asa's heart was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
¹⁵And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels.
¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
¹⁸And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
¹⁹There is a league between me and thee, as between my father and thy father; behold, I send thee a present of silver and gold: go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
²⁰And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
²¹And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
²²And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
²³And the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
²⁴And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 15:13‑24)

the mother.

that is, grandmother.

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)

he removed.

2 Chron. 14:3‑5• ³and he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;
⁴and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.
⁵And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. (2 Chron. 14:3‑5)

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Ex. 32:27‑28• ²⁷And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.
²⁸And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (Ex. 32:27‑28)

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Deut. 13:6‑8• 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, (Deut. 13:6‑8)

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Deut. 33:9• ⁹Who said to his father and to his mother, I see him not, And he acknowledged not his brethren, And knew not his own children; For they have observed thy word, And kept thy covenant. (Deut. 33:9)

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Zech. 13:3• ³And it shall come to pass, if any shall yet prophesy, that 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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Mark 3:21,31‑35• ²¹And his relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.
³¹And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.
³²And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.
³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?
³⁴And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
³⁵for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Mark 3:21,31‑35)

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2 Cor. 5:16• ¹⁶So that *we* henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer. (2 Cor. 5:16)

idol.

Heb. horror.

cut down.

2 Chron. 14:3‑5• ³and he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;
⁴and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.
⁵And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. (2 Chron. 14:3‑5)

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2 Chron. 34:7• ⁷and he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherahs and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sun-pillars throughout the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 34:7)

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Ex. 32:20• ²⁰And he took the calf that they had made, and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it. (Ex. 32:20)

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

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Deut. 7:5,25‑26• 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.
²⁵The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
²⁶And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. (Deut. 7:5,25‑26)

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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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1 Kings 15:14‑24• ¹⁴But the high places were not removed; only, Asa's heart was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
¹⁵And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels.
¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
¹⁸And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
¹⁹There is a league between me and thee, as between my father and thy father; behold, I send thee a present of silver and gold: go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
²⁰And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
²¹And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
²²And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
²³And the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
²⁴And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 15:14‑24)

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2 Kings 23:6,12,15• 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.
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.
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 23:6,12,15)

• Asa does not content himself with repelling evil publicly; he purifies his own house. These two things must be accomplished together, otherwise our Christian life will be only an empty show. (“Asa - Strength and Purification: 2 Chronicles 15” by H.L. Rossier)

• Actually Maacah was Asa's grandmother who had probably been called to be regent with the title of queen at the time of Abijah's death. With what energy Asa passes over natural ties, making no allowance for them when the honor of his God is involved!....May we imitate him! We are altogether too apt to treat Satan cautiously when it is a matter of sin in our own families, and this often obliges us to do the same when it is a matter of the family of God. We excuse evil while at the same time blaming it; we try to avoid spreading it about in order, so we think, not to produce scandal; we put up with doctrines contrary to God's Word and Christ's honor to avoid offending those who are circulating them and who perhaps are close to us, and thus evil spreads and defiles many. (“Asa - Strength and Purification: 2 Chronicles 15” by H.L. Rossier)

• Love is quite different from amiability; it comes from God and shines out from Him onto all men, passing through the heart of the one who loves Him. Amiability is a pleasant characteristic of the natural heart, has no divine source, and never produces anything for God. (“Asa - Strength and Purification: 2 Chronicles 15” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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See 1kings 15.13.