I Kings 14:24
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There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”