Discovery Box2 Chronicles 13:20 
Context13:20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. 1 The Lord struck him down and he died.
2 Chronicles 14:3
Context14:3 He removed the pagan altars 2 and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. 3
2 Chronicles 29:29
Context29:29 When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.
1 tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”
2 tn Heb “the altars of the foreigner.”
3 sn Asherah poles. A leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon was Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרִים [’asherim], as here). They were to be burned or cut down (Deut 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
