II 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)
🌐 II Kings 23:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und er riß die Häuser der Buhler nieder, die sich im Hause Jehovas befanden, worin die Weiber Zelte webten für die Aschera.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Además derribó las casas de los sodomitas que estaban en la casa de Jehová, en las cuales tejían las mujeres pabellones para el bosque.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Além disso derrubou as casas dos sodomitas que estavam na casa do SENHOR, nas quais teciam as mulheres tendas para o bosque.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ele limpou as salas das prostitutas cultuais que estavam no templo de Yahweh, onde as mulheres teciam vestimentas para Aserá.
📖 II Kings 23:7 in Context
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 Beer–sheba, 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.
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