2 Kings 23:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the temple of the LORD, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

New Living Translation
He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.

English Standard Version
And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Berean Study 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.

New American Standard Bible
And he tore down the cubicles of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
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.

Amplified Bible
And he tore down the houses of the [male] cult prostitutes, which were at the house (temple) of the LORD, where the women were weaving [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].

Christian Standard Bible
He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the LORD’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the LORD's temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

Contemporary English Version
He had the buildings torn down where the male prostitutes lived next to the temple, and where the women wove sacred robes for the idol of Asherah.

Good News Translation
He destroyed the living quarters in the Temple occupied by the temple prostitutes. (It was there that women wove robes used in the worship of Asherah.)

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in the LORD's temple, where women did weaving for Asherah.

International Standard Version
He also demolished the temples of the cultic male prostitutes that had been operating in the LORD's Temple, where the women had been doing weaving for the Asherah.

NET Bible
He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the LORD's temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then he tore down the ritual booths of the perverted persons that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the wooden image.

King James 2000 Bible
And he broke down the houses of the male prostitutes, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the idol pole.

New Heart English Bible
He broke down the living quarters of the temple prostitutes, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.

World English Bible
He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

American King James Version
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.

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.

A Faithful Version
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the grove.

Darby Bible 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.

English Revised Version
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And hee brake downe the houses of the Sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he brake downe the celles of the male stewes that were by the house of the Lorde, where the women woue hanginges for the idol groue.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he brake downe the whorekepers houses which were by the house of the LORDE, wherin the wemen made mansions for the groue.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he breaks down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of YHWH, where the women are weaving houses for the Asherah.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will break down the houses of the holy places, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove there houses for the image.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he tore down the houses of prostitution that were in the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and of the women who were weaving garments for the dreaded idols there.

Lamsa Bible
And he destroyed the houses of the Sodomites which were in the house of the LORD, and the houses of the women who wove hangings for the idols.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.
















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