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2 Chronicles 15:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 16 Aʹsa the king even removed Maʹa·cah+ his grandmother from her position as queen mother,* because she had made an obscene idol for the worship of the sacred pole.*+ Aʹsa cut down her obscene idol and pulverized it and burned it in the Kidʹron Valley.+

2 Chronicles 15:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 Aʹsa the king even removed Maʹa·cah+ his grandmother from her position as queen mother,* because she had made an obscene idol for the worship of the sacred pole.*+ Aʹsa cut down her obscene idol and pulverized it and burned it in the Kidʹron Valley.+

2 Chronicles 15:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 As for even Maʹa·cah+ [his] grandmother,* Aʹsa the king himself+ removed her from [being] lady,+ because she had made a horrible idol for the sacred pole;+ and then Aʹsa cut down her horrible idol+ and pulverized it and burned+ it in the torrent valley of Kidʹron.+

2 Chronicles 15:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 And King Asa’s mother too he deposed from her queenship because she had made a horror of an asherah; and Asa cut down her horror and reduced it to sawdust and burned it in Kidron Arroyo.

2 Chronicles 15:16

American Standard Version
- 16 And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 Moreover also as touching Maacah mother of Asa the king he removed her from being queen, because she had made unto the Sacred Stem, a monstrous thing,—so Asa cut down her monstrous thing, and reduced it to dust and burnt it up in the Kidron ravine.