2 Kings 9:8

9:8 Ahab’s entire family will die. I ¹  will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. ² 

2 Kings 23:7

23:7 He tore down the quarters ³  of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines ⁴  for Asherah.

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¹ tc The LXX has the second person, “you.”

² tn Heb “and I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against a wall, [including both those who are] restrained and let free [or, ‘abandoned’] in Israel.” On the phrase וְעָצוּר וְעָזוּב (vÿ’atsur vÿ’azur, translated here “weak and incapacitated”) see the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

³ tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”

⁴ tn Heb “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.