1Ki 15:13 | HCSB | STEP | He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah . Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley .

1 Kings 15:13

13 He also ^a removed his grandmother ^{▼▼Lit mother} Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of ^{▼▼Asherah(s): A Canaanite fertility goddess, who was the mother of the god Baal; also the wooden poles associated with the worship of her}Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it ^d in the Kidron Valley. ^e