12. He put away the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he removed all of the idols that his ancestors made.
13. Also, he had Maacah his mother removed from the office of queen mother, as she had made a repulsive image for the Asherah. Asa also cut down her repulsive image and burned it in the Wadi Kidron.
14. But the high places he did not remove. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was completely with Yahweh all of his days.
15. He brought the holy objects of his father and his own holy objects to the house of Yahweh, silver and gold and utensils.
16. There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all of their days.
17. Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and he built Ramah to hinder the coming and going of anyone to Asa king of Judah.
18. Asa took all of the silver and gold remaining in the storerooms of the house of Yahweh and in the treasury rooms of the house of the king, and he gave them into the hand of his servants; so King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,
19. “Let there be a covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel that he may go up away from me.”