1 Kings 15:13
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
He alsoוְגַ֣ם
(ve·gam)
1571: also, moreover, yeafrom an unused word
removedוַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙
(vay·si·re·ha)
5493: to turn asidea prim. root
Maacahמַעֲכָ֣ה
(ma·'a·chah)
4601: an Isr. name, also a non-Isr. name, also a region in Syriafrom maak
his motherאִמֹּ֗ו
(im·mov)
517: a motherfrom an unused word
from [being] queen mother,מִגְּבִירָ֔ה
(mig·ge·vi·rah,)
1377: lady, queenfem. of gebir
becauseאֲשֶׁר־
(a·sher-)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
she had madeעָשְׂתָ֥ה
(a·se·tah)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
a horridמִפְלֶ֖צֶת
(mif·le·tzet)
4656: horrid thingfrom palats
imageמִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ
(mif·latz·tah,)
4656: horrid thingfrom palats
as an Asherah;לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה
(la·'a·she·rah;)
842: a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the sameof foreign origin
and Asaאָסָא֙
(a·sa)
609: perhaps "healer," an Isr. namefrom an unused word
cut downוַיִּכְרֹ֤ת
(vai·yich·rot)
3772: to cut off, cut downa prim. root
her horrid image 
 
4656: horrid thingfrom palats
and burnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף
(vai·yis·rof)
8313: to burna prim. root
[it] at the brookבְּנַ֥חַל
(be·na·chal)
5158a: torrent, torrent-valley, wadiof uncertain derivation
Kidron.קִדְרֹֽון׃
(kid·ro·vn.)
6939: perhaps "dusky," a wadi E. of Jer.from qadar


















KJV Lexicon
And also Maachah
Ma`akah  (mah-ak-aw')
depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman
his mother
'em  (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
even her he removed
cuwr  (soor)
to turn off (literal or figurative)
from being queen
gbiyrah  (gheb-ee-raw')
a mistress -- queen.
because she had made
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
an idol
miphletseth  (mif-leh'-tseth)
a terror, i.e. an idol -- idol.
in a grove
'asherah  (ash-ay-raw')
happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same -- grove.
and Asa
'Aca'  (aw-saw')
Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite -- Asa.
destroyed
karath  (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
her idol
miphletseth  (mif-leh'-tseth)
a terror, i.e. an idol -- idol.
and burnt
saraph  (saw-raf')
to be (causatively, set) on fire -- (cause to, make a) burn(-ing), up) kindle, utterly.
it by the brook
nachal  (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Kidron
Qidrown  (kid-rone')
dusky place; Kidron, a brook near Jerusalem -- Kidron.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

King James Bible
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

International Standard Version
He removed his mother Maacah from her position as Queen Mother because she had made a detestable image dedicated to Asherah. Asa cut down his mother's idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Kidron Brook.

NET Bible
He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa cut the statue down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

King James 2000 Bible
And also Maachah his grandmother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image on an idol pole; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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