13 ^aand whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel ^bwas to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.  ‡

14 Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns.

16 Also he removed ^aMaachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of² Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.  ‡

17 But ^athe high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.  ‡