“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.”
Oholah bore sons and daughters, while Oholibah was her sister, yet she played the harlot even more than she, multiplying her harlotries. The designation of Judah as the younger sister emphasizes her imitation of Israel's apostasy with even greater intensity. Oholibah's excess in harlotry establishes her deliberate escalation beyond her sister's pattern.
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