2 Kings 23:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the House of יהוה, where the women wove tapestries for the Ashĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes, which were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Common English Bible

⁷ The king tore down the shrines for the consecrated workers that were in the LORD’s temple, where women made woven coverings for Asherah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.

2 Kings 23:7 Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

And there were also cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the gentiles which יהוה  dispossessed before the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 15:12

and put away the cult prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

1 Kings 22:46

And the rest of the cult prostitutes, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he cleared out from the land.

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Yoshiyahu removed all the abominations from all the lands that belonged to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 16:16

“And you took some of your garments and made multi-coloured high places for yourself, and whored on them – which should not have come about, nor shall it be.

Ezekiel 8:14

And He brought me to the door of the north gate of the House of יהוה, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

Hosea 2:13

“And I shall punish her for the days of the Baʽ

Hosea 4:13

“They slaughter on the mountaintops, and burn incense on the hills, under oak and poplars and terebinth, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit whoring, and your brides commit adultery.

Hosea 4:14

“I would not punish your daughters when they commit whoring, nor your brides when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go aside with whores, and offer with cult prostitutes – a people that do not understand are thrust down!

Numbers 25:1

And Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 23:17

“None of the daughters of Yisra’ĕ