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II Kings 23:Verse 7

KJV
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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.

1 Kings 15:12Ezekiel 16:161 Kings 15:12Ezekiel 16:161 Kings 14:24
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What Does II Kings 23:7 Mean?

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"The breaking down of the houses of the sodomites by the house of the Lord reveals how thoroughly sexual corruption and false worship had intertwined w..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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

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 King James Version
AKJV

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.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

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.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Darby Translation
Darby

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

Webster Bible
Webster

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.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

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.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh,—where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;

Literal Translation
LITV

And he broke down the houses of the male prostitutes that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women were weaving houses for Asherah.

Modern King James
MKJV

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

Updated King James
UKJV

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.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

He tore down the shrines of the male shrine prostitutes which were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women were weaving shrines for the Asherah.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of HaShem, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

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.

Berean Study 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.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

Also he distriede the litle housis of `men turnyd into wommens condiciouns, whiche housis weren in the hows of the Lord; for whiche the wymmen `maden as litil howsis of the wode.

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1 Kings 15:12Ezekiel 16:161 Kings 15:12Ezekiel 16:161 Kings 14:241 Kings 14:24Exodus 35:25Exodus 35:26Exodus 35:25Exodus 35:26
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