Genesis 38:21-22
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21 So he asked the men of that place, “Where is the prostitute,[a] the one by the roadside in Enaim?” But they answered, “No prostitute has been here.” 22 He went back to Judah and told him, “I did not find her; and besides, the men of the place said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’”
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1 Kings 14:24
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24 There were also pagan priests in the land. Judah imitated all the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the Israelites’ way.
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1 Kings 15:12
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12 banishing the pagan priests from the land and removing all the idols his ancestors had made.
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1 Kings 22:46
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46 The rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, with his valor, what he did and how he fought, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
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2 Kings 23:7
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7 He tore down the apartments of the cult prostitutes in the house of the Lord, where the women wove garments for the Asherah.(A)
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Hosea 4:14
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14 I will not punish your daughters for their prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law for their adultery,
Because the men themselves consort with prostitutes,
and with temple women[a] they offer sacrifice!
Thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.
Footnotes
- 4:14 Temple women: plural of Heb. qedesha; the exact import of the term is disputed. See notes on Gn 38:21 and Dt 23:18–19.
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