2 Kings 23:7

In 11 translations

BSB

He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

KJV

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.hangings: Heb. houses

WEB

He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

ASV

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

LSV

And he breaks down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of YHWH, where the women are weaving houses for the Asherah.

YLT

And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

DBY

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.

DRC

He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.

GNV

And hee brake downe the houses of the Sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue.

JPS

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.

LXXE

And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.The Gr. is from the Heb. word.

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WLC

וַיִּתֹּץ֙ אֶת־בָּתֵּ֣י הַקְּדֵשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֹרְג֥וֹת שָׁ֛ם בָּתִּ֖ים לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

καὶ καθεῖλε τὸν οἶκον τῶν καδησὶμ τῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου, οὗ αἱ γυναῖκες ὕφαινον ἐκεῖ χεττιῒμ τῷ ἄλσει.

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• Ezekiel 16:16You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
• 1 Kings 15:12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 1 Kings 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• Exodus 35:25–26Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen. And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
• Ezekiel 8:14Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.
• Genesis 19:4–5Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house. They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have…
• Romans 1:26–27For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one…
• 1 Kings 22:46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 34:33And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the…

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