King James Version
Ezekiel 23:2 in the King James Version says “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:”
Ezekiel 23:2 · KJV
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
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. Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“the daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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