2 Kings 23:7
“And he brake downe the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue.”
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2 Kings 23:7 Context
5And hee put downe the idolatrous priests whome the kings of Iudah had ordeined to burne incense in the high places, in the cities of Iudah and in the places round about Ierusalem: them also that burnt incense vnto Baal, to the Sunne, and to the Moone, and to the Planets, and to all the hoste of heauen. 6And he brought out the groue from the house of the Lord, without Ierusalem, vnto the brooke Kidron, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron, and stampt it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof vpon the graues of the children of the people. 7And he brake downe the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue. 8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Iudah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake downe the hie places of the gates that were in the entring in of the gate of Ioshua the gouernour of the citie, which were on a mans left hand at the gate of the citie. 9Neuerthelesse, the priests of the high places came not vp to the Altar of the Lord in Ierusalem, but they did eate of the vnleauened bread among their brethren.
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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 Version
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)