2 Chronicles 15:16

2 Chronicles 15:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
• New International Version (NIV)King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also he removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:16

14As they made this promise to the Lord, they shouted loudly to show that they agreed. They also made a loud noise with trumpets and sheep's horns. 15All Judah's people were happy to make this promise, because they truly wanted to serve the Lord. They wanted him to help them and he answered them. After that, the Lord made them safe from their enemies all around them. King Asa also told his grandmother Maakah that she could no longer have authority as the Queen Mother. This was because she had made a disgusting Asherah pole to worship. Asa cut down the Asherah pole and he burned it in the Kidron Valley. 17Asa did not remove the altars on all the hills in Israel, but he served the Lord faithfully for his whole life. 18He brought into God's temple the things that he and his father had made as gifts for God. They used silver and gold to make some of these things.

2 Chronicles 15:16 word by word

וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָ֞ה אֵ֣ם׀ אָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֕דֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601
• the motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• of Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• he removedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• queenגְּבִירָהgebîyrâh · queenH1377
• because she had madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an idolמִפְלֶ֫צֶתmiphletseth · horrid thingH4656
• in a groveאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• and stampedדָּקַקdâqaq · to crushH1854
• and burntשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• at the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• Kidronקִדְרוֹןqidrôn · KidronH6939

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:16

• 1 Kings 15:13He also told his grandmother Maakah that she could no longer have authority as the Queen Mother. This was because she had made a disgusting Asherah pole to worship. Asa cut down the Asherah pole and he burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 1 Kings 15:2Abijah ruled in Jerusalem as king for three years. His mother's name was Maakah. She was the daughter of Abishalom.
• 2 Chronicles 14:3He removed the altars and other places where people worshipped foreign gods. He broke the stone pillars and he cut down the Asherah poles.
• Exodus 32:27Then Moses said to the Levites, ‘The Lord, Israel's God, says this: Each one of you must take his sword in his hand. You must go everywhere in the camp, from this side to the other side. You must kill everyone, even your brothers, your friends and your neighbours.’
• Deuteronomy 13:6Even someone in your own family may try to turn you away from the Lord. It may be your own brother, your son or your daughter. It may be your wife whom you love. It may be a friend that you like very much. They may say to you secretly, ‘We should worship other gods.’ Those are gods that you and your ancestors never knew about before.
• Deuteronomy 33:9The Levites left their own families so that they could serve you well. They obeyed your word. They were faithful to your covenant.
• Zechariah 13:3And if anyone appears as a prophet again, his father and his mother will say to him, “You must die. You do not speak true words. The Lord has not spoken to you.” Then they will kill him.
• Mark 3:21People told his family what was happening. So they went to take him away with them. They thought that Jesus was crazy.
• 2 Corinthians 5:16So that changes how we think about people. We no longer use human ideas to think what they are like. At one time, we thought about Christ as humans think. But now we think about him very differently!
• 2 Chronicles 34:7He knocked down the altars and the Asherah poles. He completely destroyed the idols and the altars for incense everywhere in the kingdom of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
• Exodus 32:20Then he took the image of the calf that they had made. He burned it in the fire. He beat it into powder. He mixed the powder with the people's water. Then he commanded the Israelites to drink it.
• Leviticus 26:30The Lord will destroy the places where they worship false gods. He will destroy their very bad incense altars. He will put their dead bodies round their idols. He will hate them.
• Deuteronomy 7:5This is what you must do to the people of those nations: Break their altars and their stone pillars into pieces. Cut down their Asherah poles. Burn their idols with fire.
• Deuteronomy 9:21When you made that idol, it was a sin that you did. So I took that gold calf and I burned it in the fire. Then I beat it into powder, like dust. I threw the powder into a stream that ran down from the mountain.
• 1 Kings 15:14Asa did not remove the altars on all the hills, but he served the Lord faithfully for his whole life.
• 2 Kings 23:6He also removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's temple. He took it outside Jerusalem, to the Kidron Valley. He burned it there. He made its ashes into dust. He threw the dust over the graves of ordinary people.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Concerning Maachah - See the matter fully explained in the note on 1 Kings 15:13; (note). The Jews imagine that Maachah repented, and her name became changed into Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah; and that this was done that there might be no mention of her former name, lest it should be a reproach to her: but we have already seen another gloss on this name. See on 2 Chronicles 11:20; (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The queen mother was the leading lady of the realm, usually holding the position for life. When she died, the title went to the mother of the next in line for the throne. There is no evidence that the queen mother had official duties, but she had significant influence. Asherah is well known from Canaanite stories as the wife of the god El and the mother of seventy children, including Baal. Her image likely had noticeable sexual features, which was common…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 15:16

• Iconoclasm
• Maachah

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Covenant
• Grove
• Idol
• Queen
• Renew
• Abijah
• Asherah
• Kidron, the Brook
• Maacah; Maachah

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings