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1 Kings 15:2, 13

1 Kings 15:2 NIV

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:13 NIV

He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.