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Aholah

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Aho´lah (her tent) and Aholibah (my tent is in her), two fictitious or symbolical names adopted by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 23:4) to denote the two kingdoms of Samaria (Israel) and Judah. They are both symbolically described as lewd women, adulteresses, prostituting themselves to the Egyptians and the Assyrians, in imitating their abominations and idolatries; wherefore Jehovah abandoned them to those very people for whom they showed such inordinate and impure affection. They were carried into captivity, and reduced to the severest servitude. The allegory is an epitome of the history of the Jewish church.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Aholah'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​a/aholah.html.
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