2 Reyes 23:7

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7 Asimismo derrib贸 las casas de los sodomitas que estaban en la Casa del SE脩OR, en las cuales tej铆an las mujeres pabellones para el bosque.

2 Reyes 23:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:7

And he brake down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the
house of the Lord
Near the temple were apartments, in which men, the worshippers of idols, prostituted their bodies to each other; committing that unnatural sin with one another, which has its name from Sodom, and from which those are so called, and which sin they committed in honour of the idols they worshipped; to such vile affections were they, in a judicial manner, delivered up, because of their idolatry; see ( Romans 1:27 Romans 1:28 ) the word signifies "Holy Ones", they being called so by an antiphrasis; though Abarbinel thinks these were the idolatrous priests, whom the worshippers of idols reckoned "holy", and so built houses for them near the temple to lodge in; the Targum is,

``and broke down the houses of things consecrated to idols,''

where they were put; and Theodoret on the place observes, that by an homonymy, they called the demons or idols themselves "Holy Ones"; and it is not likely, indeed, that the Sodomites should be

where the women wove hangings for the grove;
that is, for Astarte, as the same writer observes: or "curtains", as the Jewish writers generally interpret it, in which either the idol was enclosed, or these made apartments for the idolaters to commit their abominable wickedness privately; though the Syriac and Arabic versions are,

``they wove garments for the idols that were there;''

and so the Septuagint version, of the Complutensian edition; that is, they wove garments for the goddess Astarte, which they dressed her with: the word signifies "houses", and may mean the shrines of the idol made of woven work.
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2 Reyes 23:7 In-Context

5 Y quit贸 a los camoreos, que hab铆an puesto los reyes de Jud谩 para que quemasen incienso en los altos en las ciudades de Jud谩, y en los alrededores de Jerusal茅n; y asimismo a los que quemaban incienso a Baal, al sol, y a la luna, y a los signos, y a todo el ej茅rcito del cielo.
6 Hizo tambi茅n sacar la entalladura del bosque fuera de la Casa del SE脩OR, fuera de Jerusal茅n, al arroyo de Cedr贸n, y la quem贸 en el arroyo de Cedr贸n, y la torn贸 en polvo, y ech贸 el polvo de ella sobre los sepulcros de los hijos del pueblo.
7 Asimismo derrib贸 las casas de los sodomitas que estaban en la Casa del SE脩OR, en las cuales tej铆an las mujeres pabellones para el bosque.
8 E hizo venir todos los sacerdotes de las ciudades de Jud谩, y profan贸 los altos donde los sacerdotes quemaban incienso, desde Gabaa hasta Beerseba; y derrib贸 los altares de las puertas y los que estaban a la entrada de la puerta de Josu茅, gobernador de la ciudad; y los que estaban a la mano izquierda, a la puerta de la ciudad.
9 Pero los sacerdotes de los altos no sub铆an al altar del SE脩OR en Jerusal茅n, mas com铆an panes sin levadura entre sus hermanos.
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