15
All Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
16
King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.
17
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.
18
He brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts—silver, gold, and utensils.
19
And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
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