^{15 Ref} And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

^{16 Ref} And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.

^{17 Ref} But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

^{18 Ref} He took into the house of God all the things which his father had made holy and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.

^{19 Ref} And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.