John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 23:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine, &c.] His married wife, and so ought to have cleaved to him alone: or, under mef346; under his cover, power, and protection, and therefore it was their interest to serve him only: or, “instead of me”f347; or, as the Syriac version, “besides me”: they worshipped other gods in the room of the true God, or other gods besides him. The Targum is, “and Aholah erred from my worship;” the ten tribes fell into idolatry, when they were God’s professing people: and she doted on her lovers; whom she loved even to madness; she was mad with love, to the idols, temples, altars, and idolatrous worship of the Heathens; particularly doted “on the Assyrians her neighbours”; who were become so by the conquest of Syria; and these they treated as their neighbours, and sought to have them to be their allies and confederates; courted their help and assistance, and gave them much money for that purpose; as Menahem gave to Pul king of Assyria a thousand talents of silver, to confirm the kingdom in his hand, (<121519>2 Kings 15:19).

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