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samaria

Samaria, Sebastia

Located in central Israel. Nablus is close to it on the southeast, with Dothan to the northeast.

  • Capital, residence, and burial place of kings of Israel, the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 16:23-24, 28, 22:37. 2 Kings 6:24-30)
  • Center of Baal worship (1 Kings 16:29-33)
  • Jezebel killed many prophets here (1 Kings 18:2, 4)
  • It fell to the Assyrians in 721 BC after a three-year siege.
samaria.txt · Last modified: 2013/07/26 08:34 by steve