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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 23:7	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
brake down the houses of the sodomites--not solid houses, but tents, called elsewhere [Kg2 17:30] Succoth-benoth, "the booths of the young women," who were devoted to the service of Asherah, for which they made embroidered hangings, and in which they gave themselves to unbridled revelry and lust. Or the hangings might be for Asherah itself, as it is a popular superstition in the East to hang pieces of cloth on trees.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

brake down the houses of the sodomites--not solid houses, but tents, called elsewhere [Kg2 17:30] Succoth-benoth, "the booths of the young women," who were devoted to the service of Asherah, for which they made embroidered hangings, and in which they gave themselves to unbridled revelry and lust. Or the hangings might be for Asherah itself, as it is a popular superstition in the East to hang pieces of cloth on trees.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
grove (See Scofield) - (Deu 16:21).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

grove

(See Scofield) - (Deu 16:21).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Sodomites - Sodomy was a part of idol - worship, being done to the honour of some of their idols, and by the appointment of those impure and diabolical spirits, which were worshipped in their idols. Hangings - Or, curtains, either to draw before the idols which were worshipped in the grove, to preserve them from defilement, or to gain more reverence for them: Or, garments for the service of the grove, for the idols or the priests belonging to them. Heb. houses, that is, either little chappels made of woven work, like those which were made of silver, Act 19:24, within which there were some representations of their grove - idols: or rather, tents made of those curtains for the use above - mentioned.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Sodomites - Sodomy was a part of idol - worship, being done to the honour of some of their idols, and by the appointment of those impure and diabolical spirits, which were worshipped in their idols. Hangings - Or, curtains, either to draw before the idols which were worshipped in the grove, to preserve them from defilement, or to gain more reverence for them: Or, garments for the service of the grove, for the idols or the priests belonging to them. Heb. houses, that is, either little chappels made of woven work, like those which were made of silver, Act 19:24, within which there were some representations of their grove - idols: or rather, tents made of those curtains for the use above - mentioned.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The houses of the sodomites - We have already often met with these קדשים kedeshim or consecrated persons. The word implies all kinds of prostitutes, as well as abusers of themselves with mankind. Wove hangings for the grove - For Asherah; curtains or tent coverings for the places where the rites of the impure goddess were performed. See at the end of Kg2 21:26 (note).

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The houses of the sodomites - We have already often met with these קדשים kedeshim or consecrated persons. The word implies all kinds of prostitutes, as well as abusers of themselves with mankind.

Wove hangings for the grove - For Asherah; curtains or tent coverings for the places where the rites of the impure goddess were performed. See at the end of Kg2 21:26 (note).

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