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Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
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And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had the image cut down and burned by the stream Kidron.
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The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
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He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.
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Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
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And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.
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Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,
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Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.
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So Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth as far as all the land of Naphtali.
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And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.
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Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.