16. Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17. But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18. He brought the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19. There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.