2 Kings 23:7 Parallel Translations

He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in the LORD's temple, where women did weaving for Asherah.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.

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.

ERV:

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

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.

WBS:

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

WEB:

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings 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.

2 Kings 23:7 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 35:25 All the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.

Exodus 35:26 All the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats' hair.

1 Kings 14:24 There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

1 Kings 15:12 He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

Ezekiel 16:16 "You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

23:7 Sodomites - Sodomy was a part of idol - worship, being done to the honour of some of their idols, and by the appointment of those impure and diabolical spirits, which were worshipped in their idols. Hangings - Or, curtains, either to draw before the idols which were worshipped in the grove, to preserve them from defilement, or to gain more reverence for them: Or, garments for the service of the grove, for the idols or the priests belonging to them. Heb. houses, that is, either little chappels made of woven work, like those which were made of silver, Acts 19:24, within which there were some representations of their grove - idols: or rather, tents made of those curtains for the use above - mentioned.

MHC:

23:4-14 What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where his dwelling-place was, such abominations should be found. Josiah had reigned eighteen years, and had himself set the people a good example, and kept up religion according to the Divine law; yet, when he came to search for idolatry, the depth and extent were very great. Both common history, and the records of God's word, teach, that all the real godliness or goodness ever found on earth, is derived from the new-creating Spirit of Jesus Christ.

CONC:

Asherah Ashe'rah Brake Breaketh Broke Coverings Cult Grove Hangings Houses Making Male Prostitutes Pulled Purposes Quarters Robes Sex Shrine Sodomites Temple Tents Weaving Whoremongers Women Wove

Asherah Ashe'rah Brake Breaketh Broke Coverings Cult Grove Hangings House Houses Making Male Prostitutes Pulled Purposes Quarters Robes Sex Shrine Sodomites Temple Tents Tore Used Weaving Whoremongers Women Wove

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