2 Chronicles 15:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
King Asa also removed his grandmother 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:

King James Bible
And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

Hebrew
King
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Asa
אָסָ֣א (’ā·sā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 609: Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name

also
וְגַֽם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

removed
הֱסִירָהּ֙ (hĕ·sî·rāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

his grandmother
אֵ֣ם ׀ (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 517: A mother, )

Maacah
מַעֲכָ֞ה (ma·‘ă·ḵāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4601: Maacah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria

as the queen mother,
מִגְּבִירָ֔ה (mig·gə·ḇî·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1377: Lady, queen

because
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

she had made
עָשְׂתָ֥ה (‘ā·śə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a detestable
מִפְלָ֑צֶת (mip̄·lā·ṣeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4656: A terror, an idol

Asherah pole.
לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (la·’ă·šê·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same

Asa
אָסָא֙ (’ā·sā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 609: Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name

chopped down
וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת (way·yiḵ·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

the pole,
מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ (mip̄·laṣ·tāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4656: A terror, an idol

crushed it,
וַיָּ֕דֶק (way·yā·ḏeq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1854: To crush, pulverize, thresh

and burned
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (way·yiś·rōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

it in the Kidron
קִדְרֽוֹן׃ (qiḏ·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6939: Kidron -- perhaps 'dusky', a wadi East of Jerusalem

Valley.
בְּנַ֥חַל (bə·na·ḥal)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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