2 Kings 23:7
He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.This verse in the real world
When
Who
In what words
- קָדֵשׁqâdêsha (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentio
- אָרַגʼâragto plait or weave
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- נָתַץnâthatsto tear down
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- בַּיִתbayitha house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 15:12, Ezk 16:16, 1Ki 14:24, Exo 35:25–26, Ezk 8:14, Rom 1:26–27, 1Ki 22:46, Gen 19:4–5