Holy Scripture
1 Kings 15:9
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“In the meantime, Asa devoted himself to the reconstruction of the ruins of religion. He destroyed the temples of the idols, smashed the statues, set the sacred woods on fire and removed the ignominy of the effeminate priests. He also drove away Maacah, the mother of his father, Abijam. [She] was the high priestess of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9In the four and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa begins to reign over Judah.
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7And the rest of the history of Abijam, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8And Abijam slept with his fathers in the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam; and he is buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Asa his son reigns in his stead.
— 1 Kings 15:9 —
10And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Ana, daughter of Absalom.
11And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.