2 Chronicles 15:16

2 Chronicles 15:16 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

16King 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.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

16He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image 15:16 Or for Asherah; i.e., a wooden symbol of a female deityas an Asherah, and Asa cut down her abominable image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

16He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

16He also removed Maacah, King Asa’s mother, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Brook Kidron.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

16King Asa also removed his grandmother15:16 Hebrew his mother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother. That’s because she had made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. The Lord hated it. So Asa cut it down. He broke it up. He burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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