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Aholah and Aholibah in the Bible (Ezekiel ch. 23), two sisters who personify prostitution, and will be destroyed for their sins; in the prophecy of Ezekiel, Aholah is said to stand for Samaria and Aholibah for Jerusalem.
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Aholah and Aholibah , in the Bible, the sisters in an allegory on Israel's idolatry.

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