2 Kings 23:7 — Bible Verse (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.”
2 Kings 23:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 23:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 23:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.”
2 Kings 23:7 — World English Bible
2 Kings 23:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah. ”
2 Kings 23:7 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 23:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that <FI>are<Fi> in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.”
2 Kings 23:7 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 23:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah. ”
2 Kings 23:7 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 23:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“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.”
2 Kings 23:7 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 23:7 in Context — 2 Kings 23
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 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.
8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer–sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
What Does 2 Kings 23:7 Mean?
2 Kings 23:7 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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