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Samaria
Samaria The capital of the separated northern kingdom from the time of Omri (c.870 BCE, 1 Kgs. 16: 24) until 722 BCE when the Assyrians captured it. The city was well fortified and some of its inhabitants were affluent (Amos 6: 4–6). The hill country round Samaria was occupied by the Joseph tribes at the time of the settlement, but after the Assyrian conquest the local population was largely deported (2 Kgs. 17: 6) in exchange for foreign colonists probably in 720 BCE. This at any rate was the Jewish explanation of the beginning of antipathy between Judah and Samaria, exacerbated by the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Ezra 4: 8–24). On the other hand, the post-exilic antagonism of the Jews could have influenced the hostile account of the origin of the Samaritans. During the Hellenistic period (325–63 BCE) there was further disruption and the Samaritans rebuilt the city of Shechem and a temple to Yahweh on Mount Gerizim. In the Maccabean period the territory was taken by Judaea. The Romans gave the territory to Herod the Great in 30 BCE, from whom it passed to Archelaus (4 BCE–6 CE). Samaria as a district is mentioned in the NT (e.g. Matt. 10: 5; Acts 8: 4–25).
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Samaria." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Samaria." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Samaria.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Samaria." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Samaria.html |
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Samaria
Samaria. The capital of the kingdom of Israel, i.e. of the ‘Ten [northern] Tribes’, founded by King Omri (c.880 BC) and c.721 captured by the Assyrians, who resettled the territory with pagans from other parts of their empire (2 Kgs. 18: 9–12 and ch. 17). According to Jewish tradition, the Samaritans known to later Judaism and the NT were the descendants of these settlers. Of the OT they accepted only the Pentateuch, in a slightly divergent form (the Samaritan Pentateuch). The hostility of the Jews to the Samaritans was proverbial. See also GOOD SAMARITAN.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Samaria." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Samaria." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Samaria.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Samaria." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Samaria.html |
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Samaria
Samaria The ancient capital of the northern kingdom of the Hebrews in central Palestine, now occupied by the village of Sabastiyah in the West Bank north-west of Nablus. Built in the 9th century BC, it was captured in 721 BC by the Assyrians and resettled with people from other parts of their empire (2 Kings 17,18). In New Testament times Samaria was rebuilt and greatly enlarged by Herod the Great. It is the alleged burial place of John the Baptist.
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"Samaria." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samaria." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Samaria.html "Samaria." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Samaria.html |
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"Samaria." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samaria." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Samaria.html "Samaria." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Samaria.html |
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