9. In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.
10. Forty-one years he reigned in Jerusalem. His mother was [also named] Maacah (Micaiah) daughter of Abishalom (Absalom). [I Kings 15:2.]
11. And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father [forefather].
12. He put away the sodomites (male cult prostitutes) out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made or promoted. [I Kings 11:5-11; 14:22.]
13. Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen mother, because she had an image made for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa destroyed her image, burning it by the brook Kidron.
14. But the high places were not removed. Yet Asa's heart was blameless with the Lord all his days.