2 Kings 23:7

New Living Translation

He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the Lord, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

1 Kings 15:12

He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 22:46

He banished from the land the rest of the male and female shrine prostitutes, who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Asa.

2 Chronicles 34:33

So Josiah removed all detestable idols from the entire land of Israel and required everyone to worship the Lord their God. And throughout the rest of his lifetime, they did not turn away from the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 16:16

You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?

Ezekiel 8:14

He brought me to the north gate of the Lord’s Temple, and some women were sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:13

They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops. They go up into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees. “That is why your daughters turn to prostitution, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Hosea 4:14

But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.

Numbers 25:1

While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.

Deuteronomy 23:17

“No Israelite, whether man or woman, may become a temple prostitute.