2 Raja-raja 23:7

23:7 He tore down the quarters ¹  of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines ²  for Asherah.

2 Raja-raja 19:1-2

19:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple. 19:2 He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, ³  clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

[23:7]  ¹ tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “houses.” Perhaps tent-shrines made from cloth are in view (see BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת). M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 286) understand this as referring to clothes made for images of the goddess.

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “elders of the priests.”