"And the names of them {were} Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daugh…" — Ezekiel 23:4

Ezekiel 23:4 · KJV

“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. {Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle} {Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her}”

— Ezekiel 23:4

Verse 3

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

Verse 5

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians {her} neighbours,

Ezekiel 23 — Context

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

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

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. {Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle} {Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her}

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians {her} neighbours,

{Which were} clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:8

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time {was} the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

John 4:22

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Ezekiel 16:20

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. {Is this} of thy whoredoms a small matter, {to be...: Heb. to devour}

Ezekiel 16:40

They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

Psalms 45:11-16

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he {is} thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine:

1 Kings 12:20

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

Jeremiah 2:2-3

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land {that was} not sown. {thee: or, for thy sake}