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2 Chronicles 15:16

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Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Jerusalem was the covenant capital where Asa’s religious reforms centered, including his removal of Maacah from her royal position for idolatry. The Kidron Valley, immediately east of Jerusalem, was a fitting place to destroy and discard her Asherah image, signaling decisive rejection of false worship.

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2 Chronicles 15:16 mentions Jerusalem and Kidron.

Jerusalem · Godot13
Kidron · Chris Yunker

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