2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 15:16

¹⁶King Asa also removed his grandmother^b 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.

Footnotes

b 15:16 Hebrew his mother

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
King	הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Asa	אָסָ֣א	’ā·sā	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H609 Asa
also	וְגַֽם־	wə·ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
removed	הֱסִירָהּ֙	hĕ·sî·rāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5493 turn aside
his grandmother	אֵ֣ם׀	’êm	Noun - feminine singular construct	H517 mother
Maacah	מַעֲכָ֞ה	ma·‘ă·ḵāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4601 Maakah
from	מִגְּבִירָ֔ה	mig·gə·ḇî·rāh	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H1377 lady, queen
because	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
she had made	עָשְׂתָ֥ה	‘ā·śə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
a detestable	מִפְלָ֑צֶת	mip̄·lā·ṣeṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H4656 horrid thing
Asherah pole	לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה	la·’ă·šê·rāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H842 Ashera
Asa	אָסָא֙	’ā·sā	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H609 Asa
chopped down	וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת	way·yiḵ·rōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
the pole	מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ	mip̄·laṣ·tāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H4656 horrid thing
crushed it	וַיָּ֕דֶק	way·yā·ḏeq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1854 crush, pulverise, thresh; be fine
and burned	וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף	way·yiś·rōp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8313 burn
it in the Kidron	קִדְרֽוֹן׃	qiḏ·rō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6939 Kidron
Valley	בְּנַ֥חַל	bə·na·ḥal	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady

Cross-references

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1 Kings 15:13–24 · 1 Kings 15:10 · Exodus 34:13 · 1 Kings 15:2 · 2 Kings 23:15 · 2 Kings 23:6

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