Samaria
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SAMARIA
Capital and namesake of the northern kingdom (1Kg 13:32; 16:24; 2Kg 17:24; Is 7:9; Ezk 16:46; 23:4; Hos 8:5; Ob 19; Mic 1:1); captured by Assyria (2Kg 17:6).
In NT times, region of central hill country between Judah and Galilee (Lk 17:11; Ac 1:8; 8:1,5,14, often shunned by Jews (Jn 4:4-9); home of Samaritans.