2 Chronicles 15:16
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Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.

John 18:1
When Jesus had said these things, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he entered with his disciples.

Exodus 34:13
But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves:

1 Kings 15:13
Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron:

2 Chronicles 14:2
And Asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his God, and he destroyed the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.

2 Chronicles 15:17
But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 29:16
And the priests went into the temple of the Lord to sanctify it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found within to the entrance of the house of the Lord, and the Levites took it away, and carried it out abroad to the torrent Cedron.

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Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.

Maachah

1 Kings 15:13 Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron:

the mother.

1 Kings 15:2,10 He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom. . . .

he removed

2 Chronicles 14:3-5 And broke the statues, and cut down the groves. . . .

Exodus 32:27,28 And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour. . . .

Deuteronomy 13:6-8 If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers, . . .

Deuteronomy 33:9 Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,

Zechariah 13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any man shall prophesy any more, his father and his mother that brought him into the world, shall say to him: Thou shalt not live: because thou hast spoken a lie in the name of the Lord. And his father, and his mother, his parents, shall thrust him through, when he shall prophesy.

Mark 3:21,31-35 And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad. . . .

2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh: but now we know him so no longer.

idol [heb] horror

2 Chronicles 14:3-5 And broke the statues, and cut down the groves. . . .

2 Chronicles 34:7 And when he had destroyed the altars, and the groves, and had broken the idols in pieces, and had demolished all profane temples throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

Exodus 32:20 And laying hold of the calf which they had made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which he strewed into water, and gave thereof to the children of Israel to drink.

Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Deuteronomy 7:5,25,26 But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things. . . .

Deuteronomy 9:21 And your sin that you had committed, that is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust, I threw it into the torrent, which cometh down from the mountain.

1 Kings 15:14 But the high places he did not take away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days:

2 Kings 23:6,12,15 And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, to the valley of Cedron, and he burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people. . . .

Context
Asa's Reforms
15All that were in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about. 16Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.17But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.…
Lexicon
King
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

Asa
אָסָ֣א (’ā·sā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 609: Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name

also
וְגַֽם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

removed
הֱסִירָהּ֙ (hĕ·sî·rāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

his grandmother
אֵ֣ם ׀ (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

Maacah
מַעֲכָ֞ה (ma·‘ă·ḵāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4601: Maacah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria

as the queen mother,
מִגְּבִירָ֔ה (mig·gə·ḇî·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1377: Lady, queen

because
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

she had made
עָשְׂתָ֥ה (‘ā·śə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

a detestable
מִפְלָ֑צֶת (mip̄·lā·ṣeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4656: A terror, an idol

Asherah pole.
לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (la·’ă·šê·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same

Asa
אָסָא֙ (’ā·sā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 609: Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name

chopped down
וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת (way·yiḵ·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

the pole,
מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ (mip̄·laṣ·tāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4656: A terror, an idol

crushed it,
וַיָּ֕דֶק (way·yā·ḏeq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1854: To crush, pulverize, thresh

and burned
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (way·yiś·rōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8313: To be, on fire

it in the Kidron
קִדְרֽוֹן׃ (qiḏ·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6939: Kidron -- perhaps 'dusky', a wadi East of Jerusalem

Valley.
בְּנַ֥חַל (bə·na·ḥal)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft


Additional Translations
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah as the queen mother, because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.

And 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 in the valley Kidron.

And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from being mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth it small, and burneth it by the brook Kidron:
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