2 Kings 23:7

God's Word

He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in the Lord’s temple, where women did weaving for Asherah.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were even male prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah did all the disgusting practices done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.

1 Kings 15:12

He forced the male temple prostitutes out of the land and got rid of the idols his father had made.

1 Kings 22:46

He rid the land of the male temple prostitutes who were left there from the time of his father Asa.

2 Chronicles 34:33

Josiah got rid of all the disgusting idols throughout Israelite territory. He made all people found in Israel serve the Lord their God. As long as he lived, they didn’t stop following the Lord God of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 16:16

You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn’t happen. They shouldn’t occur.

Ezekiel 8:14

He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s temple. Women were sitting there and crying for the god Tammuz.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all the times she burned incense as an offering to other gods—the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry, and she chased after her lovers. She forgot me,” declares the Lord.

Hosea 4:13

They offer sacrifices on mountaintops, and they burn incense on the hills under oaks, poplars, and other trees. They think that these trees provide good shade. “That is why your daughters become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Hosea 4:14

Yet, I will not punish your daughters when they become prostitutes or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. The men go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes. These foolish people will be trampled.

Numbers 25:1

While Israel was staying at Shittim, the men began to have sex with Moabite women

Deuteronomy 23:17

No Israelite man or woman should ever become a temple prostitute.