11. And Asa did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, as his father Dawiḏ had done,
12. and put away the cult prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13. And he also removed Ma‛aḵah his grandmother from being sovereigness mother, because she had made an abominable image for Ashĕrah. And Asa cut down her abominable image and burned it by the wadi Qiḏron.
14. But the high places were not removed. However, Asa’s heart was perfect with יהוה all his days.
15. And he brought into the House of יהוה the set-apart items of his father, and his own set-apart items: silver and gold and utensils.
16. And there was fighting between Asa and Ba‛asha sovereign of Yisra’ĕl all their days.
17. And Ba‛asha sovereign of Yisra’ĕl came up against Yehuḏah, and built Ramah, to keep anyone from going out or coming in to Asa sovereign of Yehuḏah.
18. And Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the House of יהוה and the treasuries of the sovereign’s house, and gave them into the hand of his servants. And Sovereign Asa sent them to Ben-Haḏaḏ son of Taḇrimmon, son of Ḥezyon, sovereign of Aram, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
19. “Let there be a covenant between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come, break your covenant with Ba‛asha sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, so that he withdraws from me.”