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(1) City of- kjv@1Kings:16:24,29; kjv@1Kings:20:1; kjv@2Kings:6:19; kjv@2Kings:17:5; kjv@2Kings:18:9; kjv@Isaiah:8:4; kjv@Micah:1:6 kjv@Acts:8:5

(2) Province of- kjv@2Kings:23:19; kjv@John:4:4; kjv@Acts:8:1; kjv@Acts:9:31; kjv@Acts:15:3

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SAMARIA - S>@ - (watch mountain). This city is situated 30 miles north of Jerusalem and about six miles to the northwest of Shechem, in a wide basin-shaped valley, six miles in diameter, encircled with high hills, almost on the edge of the great plain which borders upon the Mediterranean. In the centre of this basin, which is on a lower level than the valley of Shechem, rises a less elevated hill, with steep yet accessible sides and a long fiat top. This hill was chosen by Omri as the site of the capital of the kingdom of Israel. He "bought the hill of Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of the owner of the hill, Samaria." (Kings:16:23-24) From the that of Omri’s purchase, B.C. 925, Samaria retained its dignity as the capital of the ten tribes, and the name is given to the northern kingdom as well as to the city. Ahab built a temple to Baal there. (Kings:16:32-33) It was twice besieged by the Syrians, in B.C. 901, (Kings:20:1) and in B.C. 892, ( kjv@2Kings:6:24-7; kjv@2Kings:6:20) but on both occasions the siege was ineffectual. The possessor of Samaria was considered Deuteronomy facto king of Israel. ( kjv@2Kings:15:13-14) In B.C. 721 Samaria was taken, after a siege of three years, by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, ( kjv@2Kings:18:9-10) and the kingdom of the ten tribes was put an end to. Some years afterward the district of which Samaria was the centre was repeopled by Esarhaddon. Alexander the Great took the city, killed a large portion of the inhabitants, and suffered the remainder to set it at Shechem. He replaced them by a colony of Syro
- Macedonians who occupied the city until the time of John Hyrcanus, who took it after a year’s siege, and did his best to demolish it entirely. (B.C. 109.) It was rebuilt and greatly embellished by Herod the Great. He called it Sebaste=Augusta , after the name of his patron, Augustus Caesar. The wall around it was 2 1/2 miles long, and in the centre of the city was a park 900 feet square containing a magnificent temple dedicated to Caesar. In the New Testament the city itself does not appear to be mentioned; but rather a portion of the district to which, even in older times it had extended its name. kjv@Matthew:10:5; kjv@John:4:4-5) At this clay the city is represented by a small village retaining few vestiges of the past except its name, Sebustiyeh , an Arabic corruption of Sebaste. Some architectural remains it has, partly of Christian construction or adaptation, as the ruined church of St. John the Baptist, partly, perhaps, traces of Idumaean magnificence, St. Jerome, whose acquaintance with Palestine imparts a sort of probability to the tradition which prevailed so strongly in later days, asserts that Sebaste, which he invariably identifies with Samaria was the place in which St. John the Baptist was imprisoned and suffered death. He also makes it the burial-place of the prophets Elisha and Obadiah.

SAMARIA, COUNTRY OF - S>@ - Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west of the river Jordan. (Kings:13:32) But whatever extent the word might have acquired, it necessarily be came contracted as the limits of the kingdom of Israel became contracted. In all probability the territory of Simeon and that of Dan were very early absorbed in the kingdom of Judah. It is evident from an occurrence in Hezekiah’s reign that just before the deposition and death of Hoshea, the last king of Israel, the authority of the king of Judah, or at least his influence, was recognized by portions of Asher, Issachar and Zebulun and even of Ephraim and Manasseh. ( kjv@2Chronicles:30:1-26) Men came from all those tribes to the Passover at Jerusalem. This was about B.C. 728. Samaria (the city) and a few adjacent cities or villages only represented that dominion which had once extended from Bethel to Dan northward, and from the Mediterranean to the borders of Syria and Ammon eastward. In New Testament times Sa maria was bounded northward by the range of hills which commences at Mount Carmel on the west, and, after making a bend to the southwest, runs almost due east to the valley of the Jordan, forming the southern border of the plain of Esdraelon. It touched toward the south, is nearly as possible, the northern limits of Benjamin. Thus it comprehended the ancient territory of Ephraim and that of Manasseh west of Jordan. The Cuthaean Samaritans, however, possessed only a few towns and villages of this large area, and these lay almost together in the centre of the district. At Nablus the Samaritans have still a settlement, consisting of about 200 persons. SHECHEM

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Samaria @ a watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the "hill of Shomeron," a solitary mountain, a great "mamelon." It is an oblong hill, with steep but not inaccessible sides, and a long flat top. Omri, the king of Israel, purchased this hill from Shemer its owner for two talents of silver, and built on its broad summit the city to which he gave the name of "Shomeron", i.e., Samaria, as the new capital of his kingdom instead of Tirzah (kjvKings:16:24). As such it possessed many advantages. Here Omri resided during the last six years of his reign. As the result of an unsuccessful war with Syria, he appears to have been obliged to grant to the Syrians the right to "make streets in Samaria", i.e., probably permission to the Syrian merchants to carry on their trade in the Israelite capital. This would imply the existence of a considerable Syrian population. "It was the only great city of Palestine created by the sovereign. All the others had been already consecrated by patriarchal tradition or previous possession. But Samaria was the choice of Omri alone. He, indeed, gave to the city which he had built the name of its former owner, but its especial connection with himself as its founder is proved by the designation which it seems Samaria bears in Assyrian inscriptions, Beth-khumri ('the house or palace of Omri').", Stanley. Samaria was frequently besieged. In the days of Ahab, Benhadad II. came up against it with thirty-two vassal kings, but was defeated with a great slaughter (kjvKings:20:1-21). A second time, next year, he assailed it; but was again utterly routed, and was compelled to surrender to Ahab (20:28-34), whose army, as compared with that of Benhadad, was no more than "two little flocks of kids." In the days of Jehoram this Benhadad again laid siege to Samaria, during which the city was reduced to the direst extremities. But just when success seemed to be within their reach, they suddenly broke up the seige, alarmed by a mysterious noise of chariots and horses and a great army, and fled, leaving their camp with all its contents behind them. The famishing inhabitants of the city were soon relieved with the abundance of the spoil of the Syrian camp; and it came to pass, according to the word of Elisha, that "a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barely for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria" ( kjv@2Kings:7:1-20). Shalmaneser invaded Israel in the days of Hoshea, and reduced it to vassalage. He laid siege to Samaria (B.C. 723), which held out for three years, and was at length captured by Sargon, who completed the conquest Shalmaneser had begun ( kjv@2Kings:18:9-12 kjv@2Kings:17:3), and removed vast numbers of the tribes into captivity. (
See SARGON.) This city, after passing through various vicissitudes, was given by the emperor Augustus to Herod the Great, who rebuilt it, and called it Sebaste (Gr. form of Augustus) in honour of the emperor. In the New Testament the only mention of it is in kjv@Acts:8:5-14, where it is recorded that Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached there. It is now represented by the hamlet of Sebustieh, containing about three hundred inhabitants. The ruins of the ancient town are all scattered over the hill, down the sides of which they have rolled. The shafts of about one hundred of what must have been grand Corinthian columns are still standing, and attract much attention, although nothing definite is known regarding them. (Comp. kjv@Micah:1:6.) In the time of Christ, Western Palestine was divided into three provinces, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee. Samaria occupied the centre of Palestine kjv@John:4:4). It is called in the Talmud the "land of the Cuthim," and is not regarded as a part of the Holy Land at all. It may be noticed that the distance between Samaria and Jerusalem, the respective capitals of the two kingdoms, is only 35 miles in a direct line.

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Samaria, Ancient @ The territory of Ephraim and Manasseh properly so called kjv@Joshua:17:17 kjv@Joshua:17:18 kjv@Isaiah:28:1
The whole kingdom of Israel sometimes called kjv@Ezekiel:16:46 kjv@Ezekiel:16:51 kjv@Hosea:8:5 kjv@Hosea:8:6
Had many cities kjv@1Kings:13:32
Samaria the capital of
Built by Omri king of Israel kjv@1Kings:16:23 kjv@1Kings:16:24
Called after Shemer the owner of the hill on which it was built kjv@1Kings:16:24
Called the mountain of Samaria kjv@Amos:4:1 kjv@Amos:6:1
Called the head of Ephraim kjv@Isaiah:7:9
Kings of Israel sometime took their titles from kjv@1Kings:21:1 kjv@2Kings:1:3
The residence of the kings of Israel kjv@1Kings:16:29 kjv@2Kings:1:2 kjv@2Kings:3:1 kjv@2Kings:3:6
The burial place of the kings of Israel kjv@1Kings:16:28 kjv@1Kings:22:37 kjv@2Kings:13:13
Was a fenced city, and well provided with arms kjv@2Kings:10:2
The pool of Samaria near to kjv@1Kings:22:38
The prophet Elisha dwelt in kjv@2Kings:2:25 kjv@2Kings:5:3 kjv@2Kings:6:32
Besieged by Benhadad kjv@1Kings:20:1-12
Deliverance of, predicted kjv@1Kings:20:13 kjv@1Kings:20:14
Deliverance of, effected kjv@1Kings:20:15-21
Besieged again by Benhadad kjv@2Kings:6:24
Suffered severely from famine kjv@2Kings:6:25-29
Elisha predicted plenty in kjv@2Kings:7:1 kjv@2Kings:7:2
Delivered by miraculous means kjv@2Kings:7:6 kjv@2Kings:7:7
Remarkable plenty in, as foretold by Elisha kjv@2Kings:7:16-20
Besieged and taken by Shalmaneser kjv@2Kings:17:5 kjv@2Kings:17:6 kjv@2Kings:18:9 kjv@2Kings:18:10
A mountainous country kjv@Jeremiah:31:5 kjv@Amos:3:9
People of characterised as
Proud and arrogant kjv@Isaiah:9:9
Corrupt and wicked kjv@Ezekiel:16:46 kjv@Ezekiel:16:47 kjv@Hosea:7:1 kjv@Amos:3:9 kjv@Amos:3:10
Idolatrous kjv@Ezekiel:23:5 kjv@Amos:8:14 kjv@Micah:1:7
Predictions respecting its destruction kjv@Isaiah:8:4 kjv@Isaiah:9:11 kjv@Isaiah:9:12 kjv@Hosea:13:16 kjv@Amos:3:11 kjv@Amos:3:12 kjv@Micah:1:6
Inhabitants of, carried captive to Assyria kjv@2Kings:17:6 kjv@2Kings:17:23 kjv@2Kings:18:11
Repeopled from Assyria kjv@2Kings:17:24 kjv@2Kings:17:25

Samaria, Modern @ Situated between Judea and Galilee kjv@Luke:17:11 kjv@John:4:3 kjv@John:4:4
Had many cities kjv@Matthew:10:5 kjv@Luke:9:52
Cities of, mentioned in scripture
Samaria kjv@Acts:8:5
Sychar kjv@John:4:5
Antipatris kjv@Acts:23:31
Christ preached in kjv@John:4:39-42
Christ at first forbade his disciples to visit kjv@Matthew:10:5
Christ after his resurrection commanded the gospel to be preached in kjv@Acts:1:8
Inhabitants of
Their true descent kjv@2Kings:17:24 kjv@Ezra:4:9 kjv@Ezra:4:10
Boasted descent from Jacob kjv@John:4:12
Professed to worship God kjv@Ezra:4:2
Their religion mixed with idolatry kjv@2Kings:17:41 kjv@John:4:22
Worshipped on Mount Gerizim kjv@John:4:20
Opposed the Jews after their return from captivity kjv@Nehemiah:4:1-18
Expected the Messiah kjv@John:4:25 kjv@John:4:29
Were superstitious kjv@Acts:8:9-11
More humane and grateful than the Jews kjv@Luke:10:33-36 kjv@Luke:17:16-18
Abhorred by the Jews kjv@John:8:48
Had no intercourse or dealings with the Jews kjv@Luke:9:52 kjv@Luke:9:53 kjv@John:4:9
Ready to hear and embrace the gospel kjv@John:4:39-42 kjv@Acts:8:6-8
The persecuted Christians fled to kjv@Acts:8:1
The gospel first preached in, by Philip kjv@Acts:8:5
Many Christian churches in kjv@Acts:9:31

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-1. City of, built by Omri kjv@1Kings:16:24 .Capitol of the kingdom of the ten tribes kjv@1Kings:16:29; kjv@1Kings:22:51; kjv@2Kings:13:1 kjv@2Kings:13:10 kjv@2Kings:15:8 .Besieged by Ben-hadad kjv@1Kings:20; 2Kings:6:24-33; 7 .The king of Syria is led into, by Elisha, who miraculously blinds him and his army kjv@2Kings:6:8-23 .Ahab ruled in .
See AHAB .
See JEZEBEL .Besieged by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, for three years; captured; the people carried away to Halah and Habor, cities of the Medes kjv@2Kings:17:5-6; kjv@2Kings:18:9-11 .Idolatry of kjv@1Kings:16:32; kjv@2Kings:13:6 .Temple of, destroyed kjv@2Kings:10:17-28; kjv@2Kings:23:19 .Paul and Barnabas preach in kjv@Acts:15:3 .Visited by Philip, Peter, and John kjv@Acts:8:5-25

-2. Country of kjv@Isaiah:7:9 .Foreign colonies distributed among the cities of, by the king of Assyria kjv@2Kings:17:24-41; kjv@Ezra:4:9-10 .Roads through, from Judaea into Galilee kjv@Luke:17:11; kjv@John:4:3-8 .Jesus travels through kjv@John:4:1-42 .Jesus heals lepers in kjv@Luke:17:11-19 .The Good Samaritan from kjv@Luke:10:33-35 .No dealings between the Jews and the inhabitants of kjv@John:4:9 .Samaritans were expecting the Messiah kjv@John:4:25 .Disciples made from the inhabitants of kjv@Acts:8:5-8 kjv@Acts:8:John:4:39-42; 14-17, 25 .Jesus forbids the apostles to preach in the cities of kjv@Matthew:10:5

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H1723 <STRHEB>@ דּהואo dahăvâ' dah-hav-aw' (Chaldee); of uncertain derivation; {Dahava} a people colonized in Samaria: - Dehavites.

H170 <STRHEB>@ אהלהּ אהלה 'ohŏlâh 'ohŏlâhh {o-hol-aw'} o-hol-aw' The first form is in form a feminine of {H168} but is in fact for the second form; from H168; her tent (that {is} idolatrous sanctuary); {Oholah} a symbolic name for Samaria: - Aholah.

H5571 <STRHEB>@ סנבלּט sanballaţ san-bal-lat' Of foreign origin; {Sanballat} a Persian satrap of Samaria: - Sanballat.

H8111 <STRHEB>@ שׁמרון shômerôn sho-mer-one' From the active participle of H8104; watch station; {Shomeron} a place in Palestine: - Samaria.

H8115 <STRHEB>@ שׁמרין shomrayin shom-rah'-yin (Chaldee); corresponding to H8111; {Shomrain} a place in Palestine: - Samaria.

G4540 <STRGRK>@ Σαμάρεια Samareia sam-ar'-i-ah Of Hebrew origin [H8111]; Samaria (that is Shomeron) a city and region of Palestine: - Samaria.

G4541 <STRGRK>@ Σαμαρείτης Samareitēs sam-ar-i'-tace From G4540; a Samarite that is inhabitants of Samaria: - Samaritan.

G4542 <STRGRK>@ Σαμαρεῖτις Samareitis sam-ar-i'-tis Feminine of G4541; a Samaritess that is woman of Samaria: - of Samaria.