Verse 16
2 Chronicles 15:16
Literal Standard Version
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And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from being mistress, in that she has made for an Asherah a horrible thing, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and beats it small, and burns it by the Brook of Kidron:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/גַֽם מַעֲכָ֞ה אֵ֣ם אָסָ֣א הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ הֱסִירָ/הּ֙ מִ/גְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר עָשְׂתָ֥ה לַ/אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַ/יִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת מִפְלַצְתָּ֔/הּ וַ/יָּ֕דֶק וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּ/נַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן
English Translation
And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, removed her from being queen because she had made a horrifying image for the Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrifying image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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Chapter 15 Context
1
And the Spirit of God (Elohim) has been on Azariah son of Oded,
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and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH is with...
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3
and many days are to Israel without the true God (Elohim), and without a teaching priest, and withou...
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4
and it turns back in its distress to YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is foun...
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5
and in those times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for man...
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6
and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God (Elohim) has troubled th...
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7
and you, be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.”
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8
And at Asa’s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he has strengthened himself,...
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9
and gathers all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and o...
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10
And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
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11
and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven t...
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12
and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God (Elohim) of their fathers, with all their heart and...
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13
and everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, is put to death, from small to grea...
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14
And they swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns,
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15
and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have...
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16
And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from being mistress, in that she has mad...
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yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect all h...
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18
And he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of...
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19
And war has not been until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
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