2Ki 23:7
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. {hangings: Heb. houses}
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And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: {the like things} shall not come, neither shall it be {so}.
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
And there were also sodomites in the land: {and} they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, {both} of blue, and of purple, {and} of scarlet, and of fine linen.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, {even} the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which {was} toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that {pertained} to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, {even} to serve the LORD their God. {And} all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. {present: Heb. found} {from...: Heb. from after}
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. {whore: or, sodomitess}
And there were also sodomites in the land: {and} they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: {the like things} shall not come, neither shall it be {so}.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people {that} doth not understand shall fall. {I will not: or, Shall I not} {fall: or, be punished}
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, {both} of blue, and of purple, {and} of scarlet, and of fine linen.
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw {good}.