2 Kings 23:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

He had the buildings torn down where the male prostitutes lived next to the temple, and where the women wove sacred robes for the idol of Asherah.

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:16

You made shrines for yourself and decorated them with some of your clothes. That's where you took your visitors to have sex with them. These things should never have happened!

1 Kings 15:12

He forced the prostitutes at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 14:24

Even worse, they allowed prostitutes at the shrines, and followed the disgusting customs of the foreign nations that the Lord had forced out of Canaan.

Hosea 2:13

I'll punish her for the days she worshiped Baal and burned incense to him. I'll punish her for the times she forgot about me and wore jewelry and rings to attract her lovers. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 8:14

He took me to the north gate of the temple, where I saw women mourning for the god Tammuz.

2 Chronicles 34:33

Josiah destroyed all the idols in the territories of Israel, and he commanded everyone in Israel to worship only the Lord God. The people did not turn away from the Lord God of their ancestors for the rest of Josiah's rule as king.

Deuteronomy 23:17

People of Israel, don't any of you ever be temple prostitutes.

Numbers 25:1

While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men had sex with Moabite women.

Hosea 4:13

You offer sacrifices on mountaintops and hills, under oak trees, and wherever good shade is found. Your own daughters and daughters-in-law sell themselves for sex.

Hosea 4:14

But I won't punish them. You men are to blame, because you go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with them at pagan shrines. Your own foolishness will lead to your ruin.