Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he will break down the houses of the holy places, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove there houses for the image.
New American Standard Bible
He also broke down the houses of the
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes
International Standard Version
He also demolished the temples of the cultic male prostitutes that had been operating in the LORD's Temple, where the women had been doing weaving for the Asherah.
A Conservative Version
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites that were in the house of LORD where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
American Standard Version
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Amplified
And he tore down the houses of the [male] cult prostitutes, which were at the house (temple) of the Lord, where the women were weaving [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.
King James 2000
And he broke down the houses of the male prostitutes, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the idol pole.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He tore down the shrines of the male shrine prostitutes which were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women were weaving shrines for the Asherah.
Modern King James verseion
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were by the house of Jehovah, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he brake down the cells of the male whores that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove little houses for the grove.
NET Bible
He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord's temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
New Heart English Bible
He broke down the living quarters of the temple prostitutes, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.
The Emphasized Bible
and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh, - where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;
Webster
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.
World English Bible
He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Weaving
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » Josiah
Israel » Josiah » Succeeds » Amon » Revival
Josiah » King of judah » Destroys the altar and high places of idolatry
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Josiah
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The birth and zeal of josiah
Tapestry » In shrines of male prostitutes where some women did weaving for the Goddess asherah
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Purified by josiah
Women » Wicked » Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
Women » Instances of » The sodomites of the southern kingdom (judah)
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 23:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Josiah's Covenantal Reforms
6 And he will bring forth the image from the house of Jehovah from without Jerusalem to the torrent Kidron, and he will burn it by the torrent Kidron, and he will beat small to dust and cast the dust upon the grave of the sons of the people. 7 And he will break down the houses of the holy places, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove there houses for the image. 8 And he will bring all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defile the heights where the priests burnt incense there from the hill even to the Well of the Oath, and he brake down the heights of the gates which were at the door of the gate of Joshua chief of the city which were at the left of a man in the gate of the city.
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Cross References
1 Kings 14:24
And also there was a holy place in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel.
1 Kings 15:12
And he will take away the holy places from the land, and he will turn aside all the blocks which his fathers made.
Ezekiel 16:16
And thou wilt take from thy garments and make to thee heights being spotted, and thou wilt commit fornication upon them: thou earnest not in, and it shall not be.
Exodus 35:25-26
And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they will bring the winning, the cerulean purple, and the red purple, the double scarlet and the byssus.
Genesis 19:4-5
Before the men of the city shall lie down, the men of Sodom surrounded the house about, from youth, even to old age, all the people from the end.
1 Kings 22:46
And the remainder of the holy place which was left in the days of Asa his father, he took away from the land.
2 Chronicles 34:33
And Josiah will remove all the abominations out of all the lands which were to the sons of Israel, and he will cause to serve all being found in Israel, to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from after Jehovah the God of their fathers.
Ezekiel 8:14
And he brought me to the door of the gate of the house of Jehovah which was to, the north; and behold, there women sat weeping for Tammuz.
Hosea 2:13
And I reviewed upon her the days of the Baals, which she will burn incense to them, and she will be decked with her earring and her necklace, and she will go after those loving her, and she forget me, says Jehovah.
Romans 1:26-27
Therefore God delivered them to the suffering of ignominy: for also their females changed the natural use into that against generation: