2 Kings 23:7 — He had the buildings torn down where the male prostitutes lived next to the tem… — CEV | maBible
Read 2 Kings 23:7 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Kings 23.7, 2 Kings 23v7, 2R. 23:7. He had the buildings torn down where the male prostitutes lived next to the temple, and where the women wove sacred robes for the idol of Asherah.
7 He had the buildings torn down where the male prostitutes lived next to the temple, and where the women wove sacred robes for the idol of Asherah.
Notes and references
male prostitutes: Young men or boys sometimes served as prostitutes in the worship of Canaanite gods, but the Lord had forbidden the people of Israel and Judah to worship in this way (see Deuteronomy 23.17,18).