16. King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother. That's because she had made a pole that was used to worship the goddess Asherah. The Lord hated it. So Asa cut it down. He broke it up. He burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17. Asa didn't remove the high places from Israel. But he committed his whole life completely to the Lord.
18. He and his father had set apart silver, gold and other articles to the Lord. He brought them into God's temple.