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2 Kings 23:7

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.
2 Kings 23:7 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • 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.

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

  • 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.

    YLT

  • 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.

    ENG

  • 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.

    WBT

  • 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.

    BSB

In context

5And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

6And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

9Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

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