2 Kings 23:7

New English Translation

He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

1 Kings 15:12

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 22:46

He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.

2 Chronicles 34:33

Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 16:16

You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.

Ezekiel 8:14

Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

Hosea 2:13

“I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:13

They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!

Hosea 4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”

Numbers 25:1

When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.

Deuteronomy 23:17

There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.