Eze 16:46 | JFB | STEP | 46. elder sister . . . Samaria — older than Sodom, to whom Judah was less nearly related by kindred than she was to Samaria. Sodom is therefore called her younger sister; Samaria, her "elder sister" [GROTIUS ]. Samaria is called the "elder," because in a moral respect more nearly related to Judah [FAIRBAIRN ]. Samaria had made the calves at Dan and Beth-el in imitation of the cherubim. her daughters —the inferior towns subject to Samaria (compare , Margin ). left —The Orientals faced the east in marking the directions of the sky; thus the north was "left," the south "right." Sodom . . . daughters —Ammon and Moab, offshoots from Sodom; also the towns subject to it.

Ezekiel 16:46

46. elder sister . . . Samaria—older than Sodom, to whom Judah was less nearly related by kindred than she was to Samaria. Sodom is therefore called her younger sister; Samaria, her "elder sister" [GROTIUS]. Samaria is called the "elder," because in a moral respect more nearly related to Judah [FAIRBAIRN]. Samaria had made the calves at Dan and Beth-el in imitation of the cherubim.

her daughters—the inferior towns subject to Samaria (compare Nu 21:25, Margin).

left—The Orientals faced the east in marking the directions of the sky; thus the north was "left," the south "right."

Sodom . . . daughters—Ammon and Moab, offshoots from Sodom; also the towns subject to it.