16 O rei Asa depôs Maacá, sua mãe, para que não fosse mais rainha, porquanto ela fizera um abominável ídolo para servir de Asera, ao qual Asa derrubou e, despedaçando-o, o queimou junto ao ribeiro de Cedrom.
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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.