2 Kings 23:7
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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.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of 2 Kings 23:7
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
He also broke down the houses of the {male} cult prostitutes which {were} in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Douay Rheims Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
- World English Bible
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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 23:7
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.
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