2 Kings 23:7

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And he tore down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of YHWH, where the women had woven houses for the Asherah.

Latin

Destruxit quoque ædiculas effeminatorum quæ erant in domo Domini, pro quibus mulieres texebant quasi domunculas luci.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

2 Kings 23:5–7

Josiah removed the priests who led idol worship. He also destroyed the living places of the cult prostitutes. These practices had been allowed by Manasseh and Amon. They continued the prostitution that came from Canaanite religion (see 1 Kings 14:24; 15:12; 22:46). Shockingly, this was practiced inside the temple itself.

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah The Collapse of Culture

Events

Reign of Josiahc. 641 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 16:16
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 15:12
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Kings 14:24
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 35:25–26
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
Genesis 19:4–5
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
Ezekiel 8:14
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.
1 Kings 22:46
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
Romans 1:26–27
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
2 Chronicles 34:33
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.
Hosea 2:13
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Parallels

1 Kings 13:1–10 2 Chronicles 34:3–7

People

Asherah: Canaanite goddess; associated with wooden poles, idolatry

Glossary

Book of the Covenant High Place Josiah Kidron Kings, Books of First and Second Kohath, Kohathites Manasseh (Person) Temple

Topics

Church: House of the Lord Iconoclasm: Destroyed by Josiah Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Licentiousness of Josiah: King of Judah: Destroys the Altar and High Places of Idolatry Pagans Pedophiles Prophecies Concerning Israel: Josiah Succeeds Amon Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Birth and Zeal of Josiah Sodomites: A Proverbial Term of Reproach Applied to Those Who Practiced Sodomy Sodomy: General Scriptures Concerning Tapestry in Shrines of Male Prostitutes where some Women did Weaving for the Goddess Asherah the First Temple: Purified by Josiah Weaving: Performed by Women Women: Guilty of Sodomy Women: The Sodomites of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) Women: Wicked Women: Wicked: Zeal of, in Licentious Practices of Idolatry Zeal: should be Exhibited: Against Idolatry

2 Kings 23:7

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