Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 15:13

13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen , because she had made an idol in a grove, and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron .

i. e. He took from her either the Name and Authority of Queen Regent, which she, having been Rehoboam's Wife, and Abijam's Mother, took to her self during Asa's minority, and abused to the Patronage of Idolatry; or, the Dignity of the Queen-Mother, and those Guards, or other Ensigns of Honour, or Instruments of Power, which, as such, she had enjoyed and misemployed. Otherwise, he removed her from the queen, i. e. from his Wife, that she might not be infected by her, and afterwards infect his Children: which was a prudent and necessary care▪ for the prevention of so great and publick a Mischief.

Heb. a terror, or horror, i. e. an horrible Idol; which it may be he so called, either, because all Idols, though for a season they please, yet in the end will bring dreadful effects upon their worshippers: or, because this was an Idol of a more horrible or terrible shape, more abominable than ordinary, and not to be seen without horror: whether it was that filthy Idol, called Priapus, which was commonly placed in Groves or Gardens; or, Pan, or some other Heathen god, to whose service she in a special manner devoted her self.

That when it was burnt to powder, it might be thrown into the Water, and be unfit for any use. See Exod. 32. 20. Deut. 12. 3.

Marginal references: 2 Chr. 15. 16.; Heb. an horror.; Heb. cut off.