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So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

He reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem; and ^(C1)his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

Now ^(C1)Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like his father David.

^(C1)He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and ^(C2)removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

And even his mother Maacah, ^(C1)he also removed her from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image ^(F1)as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her abominable image and ^(C2)burned it at the brook Kidron.

^(C1)But the high places ^(F1)were not eliminated; nevertheless ^(C2)Asa's heart was ^(F2)wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.

And ^(C1)he brought into the house of the LORD the ^(F1)holy gifts of his father and his own ^(F1)holy gifts: silver, gold, and valuable utensils.