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New American Standard Bible

Ezekiel 23:2

"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Oholah;   Samaria, Samaritans;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Oholah and Oholibah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Mother;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
King James Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
English Standard Version
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
New Century Version
"Human, a woman had two daughters.
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, there were two women (Israel and Judah), the daughters of one mother (the united kingdom);
World English Bible
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, listen to this story about two sisters.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being! There were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Darby Translation
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, listen to this story about Samaria and Jerusalem. There were two sisters, daughters of the same mother.
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "there were once two sisters.
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother,
Literal Translation
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, there were two wome, that had one mother:
American Standard Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, there were two women the daughters of one mother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
English Revised Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, twei wymmen weren the douytris of o modir, and diden fornycacioun in Egipt;
Update Bible Version
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
New English Translation
"Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.
New King James Version
"Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.
New Living Translation
"Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.
New Life Bible
"Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
New Revised Standard
Mortal, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man, Two women, daughters of one mother, there were;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Young's Literal Translation
Two women were daughters of one mother,

Contextual Overview

1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, 2 "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;3 and they prostituted themselves in Egypt. They prostituted themselves in their youth; there their breasts were squeezed and there their virgin breasts were handled. 4 "Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah. 5 "Oholah prostituted herself while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors, 6 who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them handsome young men, horsemen riding on horses. 7 "She bestowed her obscene practices on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself. 8 "She did not abandon her obscene practices from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had slept with her, and they handled her virgin breasts and poured out their obscene practice on her. 9 "Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. 10 "They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they killed her with the sword. So she became a subject of gossip among women, and they executed judgments on her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two: Ezekiel 16:44, Ezekiel 16:46, Jeremiah 3:7-10

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:7 - sinned Isaiah 57:8 - thou lovedst Isaiah 59:12 - our transgressions Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Jeremiah 11:15 - seeing Jeremiah 13:27 - thine adulteries Hosea 12:14 - provoked

Cross-References

Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Genesis 23:14
Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:15
"My lord, listen to me: a plot of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."
Genesis 23:16
Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the presence of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency acceptable to a merchant.
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who entered the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.
Numbers 13:22
When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Numbers 20:29
When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, the whole house of Israel wept for Aaron for thirty days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, there were two women,.... Or two nations and kingdoms, the kingdom of Israel or the ten tribes, and the kingdom of Judah or the two tribes. So the Targum,

"son of man, prophesy concerning two provinces, which are as two women:''

the daughters of one mother; either Sarah the wife of Abraham, from whom they sprung; or because they were originally one kingdom and nation; so they were when they came out of Egypt, and during the times of the judges, and in the reigns of David and Solomon; but became two in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon, from whom ten tribes revolted, and set up a separate kingdom, with Jeroboam at the head of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of one mother - Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 23:2. Son of man, there were two women — All the Hebrews were derived from one source, Abraham and Sarah; and, till the schism under Rehoboam, formed but one people: but as these ten tribes and a half separated from Judah and Benjamin, they became two distinct people under different kings; called the kingdom of Judah, and the kingdom of Israel. They are called here, because of their consanguinity, two sisters. The elder, Samaria, (for there was the seat of government for the kingdom of Israel,) was called אהלה aholah, "a tent." The younger, Judah, was called אהליבה aholibah, "my tent is in her," because the temple of God was in Jerusalem, the seat of the government of the kingdom of Judah.


 
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