Ezekiel 23:4 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 23:4

The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

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ASV

And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bare sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Aholah ... and Aholibah - More correctly “Oholah” (“her own tent or tabernacle”) and “Oholibah” (“My tent or tabernacle is in her”): names chosen to express that after the division Israel set up her own tabernacle in the place of the temple in which God dwelt 1Ki 12:32, while with Judah the Temple of God still remained. The presence of God aggravated Judah’s sins. In the times of the captivity it was customary among the Jews to give their children names connected with the temple or tabernacle.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Chapter 23, verses 1 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. And they played the harlot in Egypt, in their youth they played the harlot. There their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms were broken (or, as it is in the Septuagint, There their breasts fell and there they were deflowered). Their names were Oholah the elder (or, the elder sister), and Oholibah her sister. And I took them (whether they were given to me) and they bore sons and daughters.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Aholibah - That is, my tabernacle in her: the two tribes had the temple of God with them. Mine - By solemn marriage-covenant. Bare sons - Were fruitful and brought forth children to me; they increased in numbers of people; and among these, some there were that were children of God by faith, love, and obedience.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In this parable Samaria and the kingdom of Israel shall bear the name of Aholah--her own tabernacle, because the places of worship which that kingdom had were of their own devising, their own choosing, and the worship itself was their own invention;

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּשְׁמוֹתָ֗ן	u.she.mo.Tan	and names their	H8034 →
אָהֳלָ֤ה	'o.ho.Lah	[was] Oholah	H170 →
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙	ha.ge.do.Lah	the old [one]	H1419 →
וְאָהֳלִיבָ֣ה	ve.'o.ho.li.Vah	and [was] Oholibah	H172 →
אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ	'a.cho.Tah	sister her	H269 →
וַתִּֽהְיֶ֣ינָה	va.tih.Yei.nah	and they belonged	H1961 →
לִ֔י	Li	to me
וַתֵּלַ֖דְנָה	va.te.Lad.nah	and they bore	H3205 →
בָּנִ֣ים	ba.Nim	sons	H1121 →
וּבָנ֑וֹת	u.va.Not	and daughters	H1323 →
וּשְׁמוֹתָ֕ן	u.she.mo.Tan	and names their	H8034 →
שֹׁמְר֣וֹן	sho.me.Ron	[was] Samaria	H8111 →
אָהֳלָ֔ה	'o.ho.Lah	Oholah	H170 →
וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	vi.ru.sha.Lim	and [was] Jerusalem	H3389 →
אָהֳלִיבָֽה׃	'o.ho.li.Vah	Oholibah	H172 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
leads to
- Ruth 3:9
  “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
- Jeremiah 2:2–3
  “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
- Romans 5:8
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Isaiah 43:4
  Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Exodus 32:13
  Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will…
Through
Ezekiel 16:20
You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
leads to
- Ezekiel 23:37
  For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food…
- Jeremiah 7:31
  They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
- Psalms 106:37–38
  They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel