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2 Kings 23:7
New English Translation
2 Kings 23:7
New English Translation
7 He tore down the quarters[a] of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines[b] for Asherah.
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- 2 Kings 23:7 tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”
- 2 Kings 23:7 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.
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