亚撒王贬了他祖母玛迦太后的位，因她造了可憎的偶像亚舍拉。亚撒砍下她的偶像，捣得粉碎，烧在汲沦溪边。

• "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."