¹⁵ Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected ^(A)by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(B)who made Israel to sin, ^(C)that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned,^[a] reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah.

^16 (A)Even Maacah, ^(B)his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image ^(C)for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, ^(D)crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.