Topic
Aholah
7 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Ezekiel 23:4Easton · Nave Name of an imaginary woman, typical of idolatry
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.
- Ezekiel 23:5Easton · Nave Name of an imaginary woman, typical of idolatry
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezekiel 23:36Easton · Nave Name of an imaginary woman, typical of idolatry
¶ The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
- Ezekiel 23:44Easton · Nave Name of an imaginary woman, typical of idolatry
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.
- 1 Kings 12:25–33Easton
¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD…
- 2 Chronicles 11:13–16Easton
¶ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the…
- Psalms 78:67–69Easton
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
She has her own tent, a name used by Ezekiel (23:4, 5, 36, 44) as a symbol of the idolatry of the kingdom of Israel. This kingdom is described as a lewdwoman, an adulteress, given up to the abominations and idolatries of the Egyptians and Assyrians. Because of her crimes, she was carried away captive, and ceased to be a kingdom. (Comp. Ps. 78:67-69; 1 Kings 12:25-33; 2 Chr. 11:13-16.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
a-ho'-la. See OHOLAH.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.