14. And they swore to the Lord, with a great voice, in jubilation, and with the blare of trumpets, and with the sound of horns,
15. all who were in Judah swore with a curse. For with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought and found him. And the Lord granted rest on all sides to them.
16. Then too, Maacah, the mother of king Asa, he deposed from the august authority, because she had made an idol of Priapus within a sacred grove. And he entirely crushed it, breaking it into pieces, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron.
17. But some high places were left in Israel. Even so, the heart of Asa was perfect during all his days.