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2 Chronicles 15:16

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the mother: that is, grandmother, 1 Kings 15:2, 1 Kings 15:10

he removed: 2 Chronicles 14:3-5; Exodus 32:27-28; Deuteronomy 13:6-8, Deuteronomy 33:9; Zechariah 13:3; Mark 3:21, Mark 3:31-35; 2 Corinthians 5:16

idol: Heb. horror

cut down: 2 Chronicles 14:3-5, 2 Chronicles 34:7; Exodus 32:20; Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25-26, Deuteronomy 9:21; 1 Kings 15:14-24; 2 Kings 23:6, 2 Kings 23:12, 2 Kings 23:15

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