2 Kings
King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 23:7
“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 (KJV)
2 Kings 23:7 Context
4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. 5And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. 7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. 8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 9Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
"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." 2 Kings 23:7 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for 2 Kings 23:7
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.
Other Translations for 2 Kings 23:7
Bible Commentary for 2 Kings 23:7
Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 23:7
23:7 Sodomites - Sodomy was a part of idol - worship, being done to the honour of some of their idols, and by the appointment of those impure and diabolical spirits, which were worshipped in their idols. Hangings - Or, curtains, either to draw before the idols which were worshipped in the grove, to preserve them from defilement, or to gain more reverence for them: Or, garments for the service of the grove, for the idols or the priests belonging to them. Heb. houses, that is, either little chappels made of woven work, like those which were made of silver, #Acts 19:24|, within which there were some representations of their grove - idols: or rather, tents made of those curtains for the use above - mentioned.
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.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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)
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.
- Basic English Bible
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.
- Darby 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.
- Webster's Bible
He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
- World English Bible
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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible