Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west of the river Jordan. (1 Kings 13:32) But whatever extent the word might have acquired, it necessarily be came contracted as the limits of the kingdom of Israel became contracted. In all probability the territory of Simeon and that of Dan were very early absorbed in the kingdom of Judah. It is evident from an occurrence in Hezekiah's reign that just before the deposition and death of Hoshea, the last king of Israel, the authority of the king of Judah, or at least his influence, was recognized by portions of Asher, Issachar and Zebulun and even of Ephraim and Manasseh. (2 Chronicles 30:1-26) Men came from all those tribes to the Passover at Jerusalem. This was about B.C. 728. Samaria (the city) and a few adjacent cities or villages only represented that dominion which had once extended from Bethel to Dan northward, and from the Mediterranean to the borders of Syria and Ammon eastward. In New Testament times Sa maria was bounded northward by the range of hills which commences at Mount Carmel on the west, and, after making a bend to the southwest, runs almost due east to the valley of the Jordan, forming the southern border of the plain of Esdraelon. It touched toward the south, is nearly as possible, the northern limits of Benjamin. Thus it comprehended the ancient territory of Ephraim and that of Manasseh west of Jordan. The Cuthaean Samaritans, however, possessed only a few towns and villages of this large area, and these lay almost together in the centre of the district. At Nablus the Samaritans have still a settlement, consisting of about 200 persons. [SHECHEM]

Samaria. Sychem.
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 51-60 Chapter 56 Samaria. Sychem. "The country
of Samaria lies in the middle, between Judea and Galilee. ...
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Book 20 Footnotes
... Josephus also takes notice of the same thing, Of the War, BI ch.4. sect.3. [11]
This constant passage of the Galileans through the country of Samaria, as they ...
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A Description Op Galilee, Samaria, and Judea.
... 4. Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee; it begins
at a village that is in the great plain called Ginea, and ends at the ...
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Divers Matters.
... Josephus saith these words concerning Titus marching with his army to Jerusalem:
"He passeth swiftly through the country of Samaria unto Gophna:...where ...
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How Shalmaneser Took Samaria by Force and How He Transplanted the ...
... transplanted other nations out of Cuthah, a place so called, [for there is [still]
a river of that name in Persia,] into Samaria, and into the country of the ...
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But when I was Come Near Sogane, I Caused the Multitude to Make A. ...
... I then wrote to my friends in Samaria, to take care that they might safely pass
through the country: for Samaria was already under the Romans, and it was ...
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The Woman of Samaria
... he came on into the land of Israel, besieged Samaria for three years, and took it,
and carried off the whole of the inhabitants of the country; and there was ...
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How Antiochus, who was Called Dionysus, and after Him Aretas Made ...
... Ashdod, Gaza, Anthedon, Raphia, and Rhinocolura; in the middle of the country, near
to Idumea, Adorn, and Marissa; near the country of Samaria, Mount Carmel ...
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The Disposition of the Tribes in Galilee.
... The country of Samaria contained only two tribes, and those of the brethren, Ephraim
and Manasses: Galilee four, Issachar, Zebulun, Nephthalim, and Asher, and ...
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Jesus Returns through Samaria to Galilee. --The Samaritan Woman. ...
... three days' journey"to Galilee, through Samaria; and made use of the opportunity
to scatter seeds for the future among the people of that country, who were ...
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