2 Chronicles 15:16 (GNV)

Passage

And King Asa deposed Maachah his mother from her regencie, because she had made an idole in a groue: and Asa brake downe her idole, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:14 And they sware vnto the Lord with a loude voyce, and with shouting and with trumpets, and with cornets.

2 Chronicles 15:15 And all Iudah reioyced at the othe: for they had sworne vnto the Lord with all their heart, and sought him with a whole desire, and he was founde of them. And the Lord gaue them rest rounde about.

2 Chronicles 15:16 And King Asa deposed Maachah his mother from her regencie, because she had made an idole in a groue: and Asa brake downe her idole, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:17 But the hie places were not taken away out of Israel: yet the heart of Asa was perfit all his dayes.

2 Chronicles 15:18 Also he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicate, and that he had dedicate, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "deposed", "maachah", "mother", "regencie", "idole", "groue", and "brake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "deposed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And all Iudah reioyced at the othe..." into verse 17's "But the hie places were not taken...", so "king" and "deposed" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "king" and "deposed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.