16. He 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.
17. But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.
18. He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.
19. And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.