Judah's Septere and Joseph's Birthright - Series 1 Chapter 9 The Birthright or the Promise of Many Nations to Abraham - J. H. Allen - 1902

J. H. Allen

The twenty-third chapter of Ezekiel contains a short story which seems somewhat veiled, but a knowledge of the two houses and their respective capitals lifts the veil and quickly sweeps it aside. It is of interest to us, or should be, and begins as follows: There were two women, daughters of one mother, who committed adultery in their youth in Egypt, the names of whom were Aholah, the elder, and Aholibah, her sister, and they were mine, saith the Lord, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; SAMARIA is Aholah [Israel], and JERUSALEM Aholibah [Judah]," (Ezekiel 23:2-4). Then the story continues and tells how Aholah, the elder, played the harlot, and was followed into that sin by her sister Aholibah, who was more corrupt than Aholah had been. So God judged them as women that break wedlock. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library