2 Kings 23:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

Ezekiel 8:14

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

Hosea 2:13

I'll punish her for the days she worshipped Baal and burnt incense to him. I'll punish her for the times she forgot about me and wore jewellery and rings to attract her lovers. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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.

Numbers 25:1

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

Deuteronomy 23:17

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