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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, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. (1 Kings 15:13)

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i.e. grandmother,

1 Kings 15:2,10• ²Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
¹⁰And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the 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, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
¹⁴But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
¹⁵And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.
¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
¹⁹There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
²⁰So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
²¹And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
²²Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
²³The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless 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• ²Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
¹⁰And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. (1 Kings 15:2,10)

he removed.

2 Chron. 14:3‑5• ³For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
⁴And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. (2 Chron. 14:3‑5)

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Ex. 32:27‑28• ²⁷And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
²⁸And the children 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, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
⁷Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the 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 pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: (Deut. 13:6‑8)

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Deut. 33:9• ⁹Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew 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, 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 the Lord: 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 when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
³¹There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
³²And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
³⁴And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
³⁵For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. (Mark 3:21,31‑35)

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2 Cor. 5:16• ¹⁶Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. (2 Cor. 5:16)

idol.

Heb. horror.

cut down.

2 Chron. 14:3‑5• ³For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
⁴And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. (2 Chron. 14:3‑5)

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2 Chron. 34:7• ⁷And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 34:7)

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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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Lev. 26:30• ³⁰And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, 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 destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
²⁵The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
²⁶Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but 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 burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. (Deut. 9:21)

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1 Kings 15:14‑24• ¹⁴But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
¹⁵And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.
¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
¹⁹There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
²⁰So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
²¹And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
²²Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
²³The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless 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 grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
¹²And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
¹⁵Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. (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.