15
And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.
16
And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.
17
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
18
He took into the house of God all the things which his father had made holy and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.
19
And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.
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