23:7 He tore down the quarters 1 of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines 2 for Asherah.
1 tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”
2 tnHeb “houses.” Perhaps tent-shrines made from cloth are in view (see BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת). M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 286) understand this as referring to clothes made for images of the goddess.