^{12 Ref} And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

^{13 Ref} And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

^{14 Ref} But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.