“¶ Then all the men which knew that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other Gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying,”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
44:15 All the men - It should seem those that did it were mostly women, and that they did it with some privacy, so that all their husbands did not know of it.