Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Mother, or grandmother. Calmet.—There were perhaps two of the name, and Abia had married one as well as Roboam. Menochius.—Deposed, and so forth Hebrew “from being queen.” Septuagint “he removed Maacha, … that she should not minister to Astarte; and he cut the idol in pieces, and burnt it,” and so forth Bible.—Syr. “because she had celebrated a feast to idols.” But it seems she had set up a stone, which Asa burnt. See 3 Kennicott. 15:13. Calmet.—Priapus is added by the Vulg. to explain Hebrew “the idol of, or in the grove,” ( Bible.) Asera or Astarte. Calmet.