1 Kings 15:13 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Asa removes even his own mother from her royal position for idolatry and destroys her idol.
What Does 1 Kings 15:13 Mean?
Asa's reform reaches into his own family. His mother Maachah had made a detestable idol, so he stripped her of her position as queen mother and burned the image at the Kidron brook. He spared no one, not even the woman who held the highest place at court.
Here is loyalty to God set above the closest human ties. Asa loved his mother, yet he would not let even her lead the nation into false worship. The Lord Jesus would teach that devotion to God must come before father and mother. Faithfulness sometimes asks the hardest thing of us, that we honor God even when those nearest to us turn away.
1 Kings 15:13 in the Original Language
miphletseth (מִפְלֶצֶת), 'idol' -- a horrid or shuddering thing, an object of revulsion.
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What does 1 Kings 15:13 mean?
Asa removes even his own mother from her royal position for idolatry and destroys her idol.