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2 Kings 23:7-14

7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the Lord and where women did weaving for Asherah.

8 Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the shrines at the gates—at the entrance to the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which is on the left of the city gate.

9 Although the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

10 He desecrated Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the room of an official named Nathan-Melech. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

12 He pulled down the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.

13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the people of Ammon.

14 Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.

Cross References for 2 Kings 23:7-14

Romans 1:26-27 - Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relat... Click to read the verse Romans 1:26-27 Click to read the verse Romans 1:26-27

Deuteronomy 23:17 - No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute. Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 23:17 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 23:17

Hosea 2:13 - I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings a... Click to read the verse Hosea 2:13 Click to read the verse Hosea 2:13

Ezekiel 16:16 - You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitutio... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:16

Exodus 35:25 - Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet y... Click to read the verse Exodus 35:25 Click to read the verse Exodus 35:25

Exodus 35:25-26 - Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet y... Click to read the verse Exodus 35:25-26 Click to read the verse Exodus 35:25-26

1 Kings 14:24 - There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable p... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:24 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:24

Ezekiel 16:50 - They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you ha... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:50 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:50

1 Kings 15:12 - He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 15:12 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 15:12

1 Kings 22:46 - He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the re... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 22:46 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 22:46

Genesis 19:4-5 - Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and ol... Click to read the verse Genesis 19:4-5 Click to read the verse Genesis 19:4-5

2 Chronicles 34:33 - Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the territory belonging to the Israelites, and... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 34:33 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 34:33

Ezekiel 8:14 - Then he brought me to the entrance to the north gate of the house of the Lord, and I saw women ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 8:14 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 8:14

Hosea 4:14 - “I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law whe... Click to read the verse Hosea 4:14 Click to read the verse Hosea 4:14