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Place

Samaria

Northern kingdom capital and later regional name.

capital and region15 Bible books52 chapters115 verse appearances

What and where is this?

Hilltop city in the central highlands purchased by for two talents of silver and made the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel. builds a temple of there and an ivory palace, and the city is besieged repeatedly by and later by , which finally captures it in 722 BC and deports the inhabitants. The region around the city becomes home to a mixed population, the of ' day, with whom Judeans have no dealings.

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Modern location: Samaria. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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