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He even removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother. That's because she had made a pole that was used to worship the goddess Asherah. The LORD hated it. So Asa cut it down. He burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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Asa didn't remove the high places from Israel. But he committed his whole life completely to the Lord.
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He and his father had set apart silver, gold and other articles to the Lord. He brought them into the LORD's temple.
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There was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel. It lasted the whole time they were kings.
In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.