Ezekiel 23:2

Two women; Judah and Israel, the two kingdoms. Daughters of one mother; sprung from Sarah; or, as some, daughters of the synagogue. They rose from one family; these two were daughters, that is parts, and the mother is the whole posterity of the twelve tribes.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of one mother - Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one (a) mother: (a) Meaning, Israel and Judah who both came out of one family.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . two women. Two sisters, representing respectively Samaria and Jerusalem.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There were two women, &c.— The Hebrews, derived from one source, born of Abraham and Sarah, made but one people, and continued united till the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: There were two women, the daughters of one mother - Israel and Judah, one nati...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Unchaste Sisters, Oholah and Oholibah The idolatries and foreign alliances of Jerusalem and Samaria are here described under the same strong f...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader will enter into the beauties of this Chapter, and the design of it also, if he takes with him the consideration all the way along as he re...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: Ver. 2. There were two women. ] This is the same in effect with Ezekiel 16:1,63 ,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. B. C. 591....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 23:2 . There were two women, the daughters of one mother. Samaria and Jerusalem, cities introduced in the female character, as in Ezekiel...
The Biblical Illustrator

Samaria is Aholah and Jerusalem Aholibah. Aholah and Aholibah I. Sin is self-polluting and therefore self-destroying. Constant contact with sin...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother, namely, Israel and Judah, one nation by descent;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:44 ; Ezekiel 16:46 ; Jeremiah 3:7-10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Two women — Judah, and Israel, two kingdoms.

² Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 23:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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