2 Chronicles 15:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Ver. 16-18. And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king,.... Or rather his grandmother, 1 Kings 15:10,

he removed her from being queen; the Septuagint version is, "that she should not minister to Astarte"; which was the goddess of the Zidonians; of this and the two next verses, 1 Kings 15:13,

1 Kings 15:14,

1 Kings 15:15.

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2 Chronicles 15:16

16 And also concerning Maachah the motherc 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.