Oholah and Oholibah

thumb|Page from the Leningrad Codex containing Ezekiel 22:25–23:21, including the section on Oholah and Oholibah. In the Hebrew Bible, Oholah (in Hebrew: אהלה, ’Āholāh}}) and Oholibah (אהליבה, ’Āholîḇāh) (or Aholah and Aholibah in the King James Version and Young's Literal Translation) are pejorative personifications given by the prophet Ezekiel to the cities of Samaria in the Kingdom of Israel and Jerusalem in the Kingdom of Judah, respectively. They appear in chapter 23 of the Book of Ezekiel. Quotes about 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. Book of Ezekiel 23:4 KJV. For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. Book of Ezekiel 23:20-21 KJV. Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. Book of Ezekiel 23:44 KJV External links Category:Book of Ezekiel Category:Places in the Bible