King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 15:13
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 15
11
And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.
12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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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.
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But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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And 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.
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