2 Kings 23:7

New Century Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were even male prostitutes in the land. They acted like the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites. They had done many evil things, and God had taken the land away from them.

1 Kings 15:12

He forced the male prostitutes at the worship places to leave the country. He also took away the idols that his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 22:46

There were male prostitutes still in the places of worship from the days of his father, Asa. So Jehoshaphat forced them to leave.

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah threw out the hateful idols from all the land that belonged to the Israelites. He led everyone in Israel to serve the Lord their God. While Josiah lived, the people obeyed the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 16:16

You took some of your clothes and made your places of worship colorful. There you carried on your prostitution. These things should not happen; they should never occur.

Ezekiel 8:14

Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple of the Lord, where I saw women sitting and crying for Tammuz.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all the times she burned incense to the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry and went chasing after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:13

They make sacrifices on the tops of the mountains. They burn offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and other trees, because their shade is nice. So your daughters become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law are guilty of adultery.

Hosea 4:14

“But I will not punish your daughters for becoming prostitutes, nor your daughters-in-law for their sins of adultery. I will not punish them, because the men have sexual relations with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with the temple prostitutes. A foolish people will be ruined.

Numbers 25:1

While the people of Israel were still camped at Acacia, the men began sinning sexually with Moabite women.

Deuteronomy 23:17

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