2 Kings 23:7

Josiah Destroys Idolatry

6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

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Berean Standard Bible
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.
Free Bible Version
He also demolished the quarters of the cult prostitutes that were in the Lord's Temple, where the women used to weave tapestries for the Asherah.
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.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
He also destroyed the rooms in the temple where the temple male prostitutes lived. That was where women wove robes that were used to worship the goddess Asherah.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He cleared out the rooms of the cultic prostitutes who were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women wove garments for Asherah.
Noah Webster Bible
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
World English Bible
He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Young's Literal Translation
And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.