15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother 1 from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
1 Raja-raja 21:25
21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed 2 to doing evil in the sight of 3 the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. 4
1 tnHeb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.
2 tnHeb “who sold himself.”
3 tnHeb “in the eyes of.”
4 tnHeb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”