2 Kings 23:7

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

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5 Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

6 He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

7 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.

8 Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

9 Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

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BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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.
KJV 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.
WEB World English Bible: He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
ASV 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.
YLT Young's 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.
DBY 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.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.