And their names were Oolla the elder, and Ooliba her younger sister: and I took them, and they bore sons and daughters. Now for their names, Samaria is Oolla, and Jerusalem is Ooliba.
וּשְׁמוֹתָ֗ן אָהֳלָ֤ה הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ וְאָהֳלִיבָ֣ה אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ וַתִּֽהְיֶ֣ינָה לִ֔י וַתֵּלַ֖דְנָה בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנ֑וֹת וּשְׁמוֹתָ֕ן שֹׁמְר֣וֹן אָהֳלָ֔ה וִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אָהֳלִיבָֽה׃
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
The names assigned shall be Oolah, representing the elder, and Oolibah, for the younger. These designations signify Samaria and Jerusalem, with Samaria being referred to as Oolah and Jerusalem as Oolibah, indicating not respect but rather disdain.
Their names were Oola, the elder, and her younger sister Oolibah. What had previously been conveyed in a veiled manner is now made abundantly clear, as he refers to these unfaithful wives, thereby amplifying the indictment and revealing their wickedness through example. He then recounts the kindness that the Lord had shown them. Indeed, I was blessed with sons and daughters, named Samaria Ool and Jerusalem Oolibah. The concept of unity and communion represents the covenant established through the law; for He provided the law, and they agreed to uphold it. It is apparent from the phrase ‘And they have borne me sons and daughters’ that during their adherence to the law, they raised their children in righteousness.
Ultimately, when the tribes were divided, the first charge he lays against Samaria, whom he named Oola, is due to her being the first, following the kingdom's split into two, to fall into the idolatrous practices associated with young women.
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