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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיִּתֹּץvaiyitotzand he broke downH5422אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בָּתֵּיbatei[the] houses ofH1004הַקְּדֵשִׁיםhakedeshimthe male cult prostitutesH6945אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834בְּבֵיתbeveit[were] in [the] house ofH1004יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֲשֶׁר'asherwhereH834הַנָּשִׁיםhanashimthe womenH802אֹרְגוֹת'oregoyt[were] weavingH707שָׁםshamthereH8033בָּתִּיםbatimcontainersH1004לָאֲשֵׁרָה׃la'asherahfor <the> AsherahH842
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 16:16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
- 1 Kings 15:12And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- 1 Kings 14:24And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Exodus 35:25-2625 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.25 Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen. 26 And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- Romans 1:26-2726 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
- Hosea 2:13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Kings 22:46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
- Ezekiel 8:14Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.
- Genesis 19:4-54 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house. 5 They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
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