2 Kings 23:7
ContextNET © | He tore down the quarters 1 of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines 2 for Asherah. |
NIV © | He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine-prostitutes, which were in the temple of the LORD and where women did weaving for Asherah. |
NASB © | 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. |
NLT © | He also tore down the houses of the shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole. |
MSG © | He tore out the rooms of the male sacred prostitutes that had been set up in The Temple of GOD; women also used these rooms for weavings for Asherah. |
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. |
NRSV © | He broke down the houses of the male temple prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women did weaving for Asherah. |
NKJV © | 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. |
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NET © | He tore down the quarters 1 of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines 2 for Asherah. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.” 2 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. |