Verse 13

Also, he removed Maachah his mother from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the brook Kidron.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Selv sin mor Ma'aka avsatte han fra rollen som dronningmor fordi hun laget en stygg avgud for Asjera. Asa hogg det ned og brente det i Kidron-dalen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Også Maaka, hans mor, fjernet han fra å være dronning fordi hun hadde laget et fryktelig avgudsbilde til Asjera. Asa ødela avgudsbilde hennes og brente det ved bekken Kidron.

• Norsk King James

  Og også Maakah, hans mor, fjernet han fra å være dronning, fordi hun hadde laget en avgud i en lund; og Asa ødela hennes avgud og brente den ved bekken Kidron.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han avsatte også Maaka, sin bestemor, fra hennes posisjon som dronningmor fordi hun hadde laget et motbydelig bilde for Ashera. Asa hogg ned dette bildet og brant det ved Kidron-dalen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Til og med Maaka, hans mor, fjernet han fra hennes rang, fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde for Asjera; Asa hogde ned hennes avskyelige bilde og brente det i Kidrons dal.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han avsatte til og med sin mor Maaka fra dronningvervet, fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig avgudsbilde i lunden; Asa ødela hennes avgud og brente den i Kedrons bekk.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og også sin mor Maachah fjernet han fra å være dronning, for hun hadde laget en avgud i en lund; Asa ødela avguden og brente den ved Kidrons bek.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han avsatte til og med sin mor Maaka fra dronningvervet, fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig avgudsbilde i lunden; Asa ødela hennes avgud og brente den i Kedrons bekk.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han avsatte også sin mor Maaka som dronningmor fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde for Ashera. Asa hogg ned hennes avskyelige bilde og brente det i Kedron-dalen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He also removed his mother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a repulsive image for Asherah. Asa cut down her idol and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han avsatte til og med sin bestemor Maaka fra hennes stilling som dronningmor fordi hun hadde laget en skammelig avgud for Asjera. Asa hogg ned den skammelige avguden og brente den i Kidron-dalen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dertilmed Maacha, sin Moder, hende afsatte han, at hun skulde ikke være Dronning, fordi hun havde gjort sig Miplezet til Lunden; og Asa udryddede hendes Miplezet og opbrændte den ved Kidrons Bæk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Også Maaka hans mor tok han bort fra å være dronning, fordi hun hadde laget et avgudsbilde i lunden. Asa ødela hennes avgudsbilde og brente det ved Kidron-bekken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Også fjernet han Maaka, sin mor, fra hennes dronningverdighet, fordi hun hadde laget en avskyelig billedstøtte for Astarte; Asa hugget ned bildet hennes og brente det ved bekken Kidron.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og også sin mor Maaka fjernet han fra dronningverdigheten fordi hun hadde laget en avskyelig avgud for et hellig sted; Asa hogg ned den avskyelige avguden og brente den ved Kidronbekken.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han avsatte også sin mor Maaka fra å være dronning, fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde for Asjera. Asa hogde ned dette bildet og brente det ved Kidron-dalen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han lot ikke Maaka, sin mor, forbli dronning fordi hun hadde laget et motbydelig bilde for Asjera; Asa hogg ned bildet og brente det ved bekken Kidron.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He put his mother from the mynistracion, that she had made vnto Miplezeth in ye groue. And Asa roted out hir Miplezeth, and brent it in the broke Cedron:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he put downe Maachah his mother also from her estate, because shee had made an idole in a groue: and Asa destroyed her idoles, and burnt them by the brooke Kidron.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he put downe Maacha his mother from bearing rule, because she had made an idoll in a groue: And Asa destroyed her idoll, and burnt it by the brooke Cedron.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth `it' by the brook Kidron;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had the image cut down and burned by the stream Kidron.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
• Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
• Deut 7:5 : 5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
• Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.
• Deut 13:6-9 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him: 9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.
• Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
• Josh 6:24 : 24 And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
• 2 Sam 15:23 : 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
• 1 Kgs 15:2 : 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• 1 Kgs 15:10 : 10 He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.
• 2 Kgs 23:6 : 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.
• 2 Kgs 23:12-15 : 12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and smashed them there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron. 13 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled. 14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.
• 2 Chr 15:15-19 : 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found by them: and the LORD gave them rest all around. 16 And also concerning Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
• 2 Chr 34:4 : 4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• Zech 13:3 : 3 And it shall come to pass that when anyone continues to prophesy, then his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD; and his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.
• Matt 10:37 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matt 12:46-50 : 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said to him, Look, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you. 48 But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? 49 And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, Look, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
• John 18:1 : 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he entered with his disciples.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.
• Gal 2:5-6 : 5 To whom we did not yield submission, no, not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 6 But from those who seemed to be something (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me: God accepts no man's person), for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me:
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?