10. Asa ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother's name was Maacah. She was Abishalom's daughter.
11. Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That's what King David had done.
12. Asa threw out of the land the male prostitutes who were at the temples. He got rid of all of the statues of gods his people before him had made.
13. He even removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother. That's because she had made a pole that was used to worship the goddess Asherah. The Lord hated it. So Asa cut it down. He burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14. Asa didn't remove the high places from Israel. But he committed his whole life completely to the Lord.
15. He and his father had set apart silver, gold and other articles to the Lord. He brought them into the Lord's temple.
16. There was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel. It lasted the whole time they were kings.