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Ezek. 23:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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 γAholah, and Jerusalem δAholibah.

i.e. His tent, or tabernacle.

i.e. My tabernacle in her,

1 Kings 8:29• ²⁹that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. (1 Kings 8:29)

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the names.The kingdom of Israel, of which Samaria was the capital, containing ten tribes, and occupying a larger extent of country than that of Judah, is therefore called "her elder sister;" and Aholah, the name given to her, implies that the whole religious establishment in Israel was a human invention, a temple and service of their own, and not of God's appointment.

Aholibah, the name given to Judah, implies that the worship established there was from God, and that His temple was truly at Jerusalem.the elder.

Ezek. 16:40• ⁴⁰And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. (Ezek. 16:40)

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1 Kings 12:20• ²⁰And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. (1 Kings 12:20)

they were.

Ezek. 16:8,20• ⁸And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.
²⁰And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter, (Ezek. 16:8,20)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--for all the earth is mine--
⁶and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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Psa. 45:11‑16• ¹¹And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
¹²And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
¹³All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:
¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:
¹⁵With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king's palace.
¹⁶Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth. (Psa. 45:11‑16)

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Jer. 2:2‑3• ²Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
³Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 2:2‑3)

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Rom. 7:4• ⁴So that, my brethren, *ye* also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. (Rom. 7:4)

Aholah.

that is, His tent, or tabernacle.

1 Kings 12:26‑33• ²⁶And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.
²⁷If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
²⁸And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
²⁹And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
³⁰And this thing became a sin; and the people went to worship before the one, as far as Dan.
³¹And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
³²And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
³³And he offered upon the altar that he had made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he made a feast for the children of Israel, and he offered upon the altar, burning incense. (1 Kings 12:26‑33)

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John 4:22• ²²Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:22)

Aholibah.

that is, My tabernacle in her.

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Psa. 76:2• ²And in Salem is his tent, and his dwelling-place in Zion. (Psa. 76:2)

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Psa. 132:13‑14• ¹³For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
¹⁴This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)

• Their symbolic names are here given as Aholah the elder, and Aholibah, her sister; the former meaning "her own tent," the latter, "my tent is in her." The reader will not fail to observe the striking appropriateness of these symbolic names. The worship of Samaria was of self-will, at best an imitation, but really independence of Jehovah. But in Jerusalem the divine service was ordered of Jehovah as His own appointment; nevertheless not one only but both were His. (“Notes on Ezekiel 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

And their names were Oholaha the elder, and Oholibahb her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

JND Translation Notes

Meaning, "Her tent."

Meaning, "My tent is in her."