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2 Chronicles 15:16 (NLT)

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16 King Asa even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole, broke it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Definition(s):
Asa (Eh-sa): physician; cure
Kidron (Kid-ron): obscure; making black or sad
Asherah (Ash-er-a):
Maacah (Ma-akh-a):