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Samaria (/ s ə ˈ m æ r i ə,-ˈ m ɛər i ə /) is the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron (Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן ), used as a historical and biblical name for the central region of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.
Jun 11, 2024 · Samaria, the central region of ancient Palestine. Samaria extends for about 40 miles (65 km) from north to south and 35 miles (56 km) from east to west. It is bounded by Galilee on the north and by Judaea on the south; on the west was the Mediterranean Sea and on the east the Jordan River.
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Samaria (Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן Šōmrōn; Akkadian: 𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 Samerina; Greek: Σαμάρεια Samareia; Arabic: السامرة as-Sāmira) was the capital city of the Kingdom of Israel between c. 880 BCE and c. 720 BCE.
The Kingdom of Israel (Biblical Hebrew: מַמְלֶכֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל , romanized: Mamleḵeṯ Yīśrāʾēl), or the Kingdom of Samaria, was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age, whose beginnings can be dated back to the first half of the 10th century BCE.
Samaria, ancient town in central Palestine. It is located on a hill northwest of Nāblus in the West Bank territory under Israeli administration since 1967. Excavations (1908–10; 1931–33; 1935) revealed that the site had been occupied occasionally during the late 4th millennium bce.
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Dec 6, 2018 · Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel and a region of ancient Israel. It was the target of racism by Jews, who considered it a foreign and idolatrous land, and the scene of Jesus' encounters with Samaritans.
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Samaria was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. It was also the name of the administrative district surrounding the city under later Greek and Roman administrations, referring to the mountainous region between the Sea of Galilee to the north and Judea to the south.
