1 Kings 15:13

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Maachah	מַעֲכָ֣ה ma.'a.Khah	H4601	Maakah (or Maakath) · proper noun, a man's name
mother	אִמּ֗וֹ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
removed	וַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙ vay.si.Re.ha	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
queen	מִגְּבִירָ֔ה mi.ge.vi.Rah	H1377	a mistress · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
made	עָשְׂתָ֥ה 'a.se.Tah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
idol	מִפְלֶ֖צֶת mif.Le.tzet	H4656	a terror · noun, common feminine singular absolute
grove	לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה la.'a.she.Rah	H842	Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess · preposition with the article + noun, feminine singular absolute
Asa	אָסָא֙ 'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · proper noun, a man's name
destroyed	וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת vai.yikh.Rot	H3772	to cut (off · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
idol	מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ mif.latz.Tah	H4656	a terror · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
burnt	וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף vai.yis.Rof	H8313	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
brook	בְּנַ֥חַל be.Na.chal	H5158	a stream · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Kidron	קִדְרֽוֹן kid.Ron	H6939	Kidron · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the chi…
Leviticus 26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abh…
Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their grav…
Deuteronomy 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as smal…
Deuteronomy 13:6-11 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, ent…
Deuteronomy 33:9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for the…
Joshua 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put i…
2 Samuel 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, Kg1 15:10. In the account we have of the kings of Judah we find the number of the good kings and the bad ones nearly equal; but then we may observe, to our comfort, that the reign of the good kings was generally long, but that of the bad kings short, the consideration of which will make the state of God's church not altogether so bad within that period as it appears at first sight. Length of days is in Wisdom's right hand. Honour thy father, much more thy heavenly Father, that thy days may be long…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:13

also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen--The sultana, or queen dowager, was not necessarily the king's natural mother (see Kg1 2:19), nor was Maachah. Her title, and the privileges connected with that honor and dignity which gave her precedency among the ladies of the royal family, and great influence in the kingdom, were taken away. She was degraded for her idolatry. because she had made an idol in a grove--A very obscene figure, and the grove was devoted to the grossest licentiousness. His plans of religious reformation, however, were not completely carried through, "the high places were not removed" (see Kg1 3:2). The suppression of this private worship on natural…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:13

She had made an idol in a grove - The original word, מפלצת miphletseth, is variously understood. I shall give its different views in the versions: - "Besides, he removed his mother Maacha from being chief in the sacred rites of Priapus, and in his grove which she had consecrated." - Vulgate. "And Ana, [other copies Maacha], he removed from being governess, because she had made an assembly in her grove." - Septuagint. "Moreover, he deprived Maacha, his mother, of her own magnificence, because she had celebrated a solemnity to her own worship." - Syriac. "And even Maacha, his mother, he removed from the kingdom, because she had made an idol in a grove." - Chaldee. "Besides, he removed Maacha,…

The Church Fathers

Furthermore, the adversary tempted Job through his children and his possessions, and when he could not prevail over him, he went and brought against him his armor, and he came, bringing with him a daughter of Eve, who had caused Adam to sink, and through her mouth he said to Job, her righteous husband, "Curse God." But Job rejected her counsel. King Asa also conquered the Accursed-of-life, when he wished to come in against him, through his mother. For Asa knew his craftiness and removed his mother from her high estate and cut in pieces her idol and cast it down.
— Aphrahat the Persian Sage, DEMONSTRATION 6.3

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Dictionary and topics

Asa — Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities,…
Baasha — Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he…
Idol — (1.) Heb. aven, “nothingness;” “vanity” (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.). (2.) ‘Elil, “a thing of naught” (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of…
Kedron — The valley, now quite narrow, between the Mount of Olives and Mount Moriah. The upper part of it is called the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The LXX., in 1 Kings 15:13, translate “of the cedar.” The word…
Kidron — = Kedron = Cedron, turbid, the winter torrent which flows through the Valley of Jehoshaphat, on the eastern side of Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives. This valley is known in…
Maachah — Oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh. 13:13; 2 Sam. 10:6, 8; 1 Chr. 19:7). (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of…
Queen — No explicit mention of queens is made till we read of the “queen of Sheba.” The wives of the kings of Israel are not so designated. In Ps. 45:9, the Hebrew for “queen” is not malkah, one actually…
Asa · 1. King of — 1. King of
Brooks · Mentioned in scripture: Kidron — Mentioned in scripture: Kidron
Cedron · .By Asa — .By Asa
Groves · Worshiped by Israelites — Worshiped by Israelites

1 Kings 15:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 15:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:13

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 15:11-13

Rashi on 1 Kings 15:13