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He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
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Sin in the Sanctuary
Commentators are shocked that the most profane idolatrous practices, including ritual sexual perversion, were not just happening in Judah but had infiltrated the very temple of the Lord. Scholars note these 'houses' were apartments for cult prostitutes located within the sacred complex, showing the extreme depth of Judah's rebellion.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
2 Kings 23:4
The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…
19th Century
Anglican
The houses ... by the house. — The cabins of the Kedçshim ... in the house. The Kedçshim were males…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he broke down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord Near…
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