Post by gsmithb on Sept 28, 2014 5:14:10 GMT
Boulton states;
"Ezekiel described the lives of the two women, dealing first with the time when both dwelt in Egypt, where they played the harlot in their youth. Little is known about their lives in that country, but various references make it clear that they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers.... From their life in Egypt, Ezekiel proceeded to the time when they occupied the land of Canaan. There he commenced with Aholah -- Samaria. He does not refer to the earliest failure. The beginning of the imdependent existence of Samaria was associated with Jeroboam of whom it is frequently recorded that he "made Israel to sin", setting up calves in Bethel and as rivals to the worship of Jehovah in Jerusalem. Under the kings Samaria or Israel went much further, worshiping Baal and engaging in other false cults...."
God's punishment was to send Assyrians to conquer her. Her sisters story is quite similar and she was taken to Babylon.
"Ezekiel described the lives of the two women, dealing first with the time when both dwelt in Egypt, where they played the harlot in their youth. Little is known about their lives in that country, but various references make it clear that they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers.... From their life in Egypt, Ezekiel proceeded to the time when they occupied the land of Canaan. There he commenced with Aholah -- Samaria. He does not refer to the earliest failure. The beginning of the imdependent existence of Samaria was associated with Jeroboam of whom it is frequently recorded that he "made Israel to sin", setting up calves in Bethel and as rivals to the worship of Jehovah in Jerusalem. Under the kings Samaria or Israel went much further, worshiping Baal and engaging in other false cults...."
God's punishment was to send Assyrians to conquer her. Her sisters story is quite similar and she was taken to Babylon.