7He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.


In Context

4 And the king commanded Helcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of Juda, and round about Jerusalem: them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve signs, and to all the host of heaven.

6 And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the valley of Cedron, and he burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people.

7 He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.

8 And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda: and he defiled the high places, where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to Bersabee: and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue governor of tile city, which was on the left hand of the gate of the city.

9 However the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem: but only ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

2 Kings 23:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the Lord and where women did weaving for Asherah.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that [were] by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that are in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.