Ezekiel 23:5

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.

6Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:9But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me.

1 Kings 15:26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

1 Kings 16:31And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

2 Kings 15:19In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom.

2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.

Jeremiah 50:38A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:2-11

The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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