Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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.

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 that were in the Lord’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתץ 
Nathats 
Usage: 42

the houses
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the sodomites
קדשׁ 
Qadesh 
Usage: 6

that were by the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the Lord

Usage: 0

where the women
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

ארג 
'arag 
Usage: 13

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

Context Readings

Josiah's Covenantal Reforms

6 He removed the pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah from the temple. He took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. There he burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust, and threw its ashes on the tombs of the common people. 7 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. 8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah from Geba to Beersheba and made the places where those priests sacrificed unclean. He tore down the worship site at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the gate named after the mayor of the city. The worship site was to the left of anyone going through the city gate.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were also male (cult) prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah practiced all the disgusting practices done by the nations that Jehovah forced out of the Israelites' way.

1 Kings 15:12

He banished perverted persons from the land. He removed those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods. He removed all the idols his fathers had made.

Ezekiel 16:16

You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things should not happen. They should not occur.

Exodus 35:25-26

All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they made.

Genesis 19:4-5

They prepared to retire for the night when suddenly all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.

1 Kings 22:46

He banished all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan altars who were still left from the days of his father Asa.

2 Chronicles 34:33

Josiah got rid of all the disgusting idols throughout Israelite territory. He required all people in Israel to serve Jehovah their God. As long as he lived, they did not stop following Jehovah the God of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 8:14

Then he brought me to the entrance of the gate of Jehovah's house toward the north; and I saw women sitting there weeping for Tammuz (the god).

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the days in which she burned incense to the Baals, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, said Jehovah.

Romans 1:26-27

For this cause God gave them up to vile affections for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature.

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