2 Kings 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 Kings 25:9

25:9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. ³ 

2 Kings 23:19

23:19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the Lord. ⁴  He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel. ⁵ 

[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.

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”

[23:19]  ⁵ tc Heb “which the kings of Israel had made, angering.” The object has been accidentally omitted in the MT. It appears in the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions.

[23:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.”