1 Kings 15:8-14

8Abijam slept with his fathers [in death] and they buried him in the City of David. Asa his son became king in his place.

9So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king over Judah.

10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His [great-grand]mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).

11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father (forefather) David.

12He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made.

13He also deposed his [great-grand]mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid (obscene, vulgar) image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her horrid image, and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

14But the high places [of idol worship] were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa’s heart was entirely devoted to the Lord all his days.