Ezekiel 23:4

And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Aholah ... and Aholibah - More correctly “Oholah” (“her own tent or tabernacle”) and “Oholibah” (“My tent or tabernacle is in her”): names chosen...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the names of (c) them [were] Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus [were] their n...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 23. Fatal Alliance with Foreigners. This is the third and last of the three great indictments (Ezekiel 16, 20) which draw their material fr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Aholah. Hebrew. 'ahalah = [She has] her own tent. So named probably because Israel set up her own worship as distinct from Jehovah's. elder. R...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thus were their names— And as to their names.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Aholah.. Aholibah] RV 'Oholah.. Oholibah.' The words perhaps mean 'her tent and 'my tent in her,' respectively. It was an Eastern custom to give si...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. — Samaria, as the capital, is put for the northern kingdom, and is called Aholah = her own tabernacle,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

OHOLA AND OHOLIBAH Ezekiel 23:1-49 THE allegory of chapter 23 adds hardly any new thought to those which have already, been expounded in connec...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next prophecy dealt with the sins of Samaria and Jerusalem under the figures of two women, Oholah and Oholibah. The prophet first described their...
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

And the names of them were Aholah the elder ,.... Or, "the greater" m meaning the ten tribes of Israel, which were more in number than Judah, and gr...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the names of them [were] Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus [were] their name...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The names of them were Aholah and Aholibah “The word Aholah signifies, Her tent , or tabernacle: Aholibah denotes, My tent , or tabernacle,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. B. C. 591....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That we might know them, they are described. Aholah; which, rendered in English, is, His own tabernacle; for Israel, falling off from the house of...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Daughters. “The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. And they committed...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH REPRESENTED UNDER THE FIGURE OF TWO HARLOTS. (Chap 23) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Samaria and Jerusalem are the capitals and rep...
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

EXPOSITION After another pause, the prophet enters on another elaborate parallel, after the pattern of Ezekiel 16:1-26 ; but with a marked vari...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spiritual Adultery of the two Kingdoms
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the names of them were Aholah, the elder, the meaning, "Her tent," referring to the fact that the first worship of God in Israel was in a tent, o...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:20 ; 1 Kings 12:26-33 ; 1 Kings 8:29 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Ezekiel 16:20 ; Ezekiel 16:40 ; Ezekiel 16:8 ; Jeremiah 2:2 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Aholah — That is, his own tabernacle; for Israel falling off from the house of David, fell off from the tabernacle, or temple of God; so that all t...

⁴ And the names of them were Aholaha the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 23:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Ezekiel 23:4