Then he tore down the ritual [a]booths (A)of the [b]perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, (B)where the (C)women wove hangings for the wooden image. And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from (D)Geba to Beersheba; also he broke down the high places at the gates which were at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were to the left of the city gate. (E)Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, (F)but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:7 Lit. houses
  2. 2 Kings 23:7 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

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