“He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Kings 23 contains 37 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.