9.以色列王耶羅波安二十年,亞撒登基作猶大王,
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
10.在耶路撒冷作王四十一年。他祖母名叫瑪迦,是押沙龍的女兒。
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
11.亞撒效法他祖大衛行耶和華眼中看為正的事,
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
12.從國中除去孌童,又除掉他列祖所造的一切偶像;
He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.
13.並且貶了他祖母瑪迦太后的位,因她造了可憎的偶像亞舍拉。亞撒砍下她的偶像,燒在汲淪溪邊。
He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14.只是邱壇還沒有廢去。亞撒一生卻向耶和華存誠實的心。
Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.
15.亞撒將他父親所分別為聖與自己所分別為聖的金銀和器皿都奉到耶和華的殿裏。
He brought into the temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.