NET Bible
"He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the LORD’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah."
— 2 Kings 23:7, NET Bible
“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.”
“And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah. ”
“He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.”
“He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.”
“And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.”
“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.”
The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, and the guards to bring out of the LORD’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. The king burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem.(They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)
He removed the Asherah pole from the LORD’s temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard.
He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the LORD’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. He tore down the high place of the goat idols situated at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city gate.
(Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.)
The king ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech.