AHOLIBAH, and Aholah, are two Ezek. xxiii. 4.feigned names made use of by Ezekiel in his Prophecy to denote the two Kingdoms of Judah and Samaria. Aholah and Aholibah are represented as two Sisters of Egyptian extraction. Aholah stands for Samaria, and Aholibah for Jerusalem. The first signifies a Tent, and the second my Tent is in her. They both prostituted themselves to the Egyptians and Assyrians, in imitating their Abominations and Idolatries; for which reason the Lord abandoned them to those very People, for whom they had shewn so passionate and so impure an affection. They were carried into Captivity, and reduced to the severest servitude.
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