Wiki Article • History & Monarchy
After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Samaria • 32.280°N, 35.198°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Hos 10:7 (identified with Samaria ).
Biblical Place • Samaria • 32.280°N, 35.198°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 4:3 (identified with Samaria ).
1 Kings • Chapter 20 (43 verses)
And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria , and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Syria , Samaria , Aphek 2 , Damascus .
2 Kings • Chapter 7 (20 verses)
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria . Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Samaria , Syria , Jordan .
2 Kings • Chapter 17 (41 verses)
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria ; and Ho... Mentions: Ahaz , Judah , Jacob/Israel, Baal , David , Samaria , Assyria , Egypt , Halah , Habor .
John • Chapter 4 (54 verses)
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John , (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee . Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Galilee , Samaria , Sychar , Jerusalem , Cana .
Amos • Chapter 3 (15 verses)
Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel , against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt , saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. Can two walk togeth... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Ashdod , Samaria , Damascus .
1 Kings • Chapter 18 (46 verses)
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria . And Ahab called Obadiah , wh... Mentions: Obadiah , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Samaria , Carmel , Kishon , Jezreel 2 .
Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus .
2 Kings • Chapter 10 (36 verses)
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria . And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria , unto the rulers of Jezreel , to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with ... Mentions: Ahaziah , Judah , Baal , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Samaria, Jezreel 2 , Jordan .
2 Kings • Chapter 5 (27 verses)
Now Naaman , captain of the host of the king of Syria , was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria : he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away... Mentions: Naaman , Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Syria, Samaria , Jordan , Abana , Pharpar .
Amos • Chapter 4 (13 verses)
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan , that are in the mountain of Samaria , which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Bashan , Samaria , Gilgal 1 , Egypt , Sodom .
2 Kings • Chapter 15 (38 verses)
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem . And he did that which ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah), Amaziah , Judah , Jotham , Jerusalem, Samaria , Jabesh , Tirzah , Tiphsah 1 .
The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 15 (39 verses)
But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the region of Samaria , resolved to set upon them with all security on the day of rest. And when the Jews that were compelled to follow him said, O destroy not so savagely and barbarously, but give due glory to the day which ... Mentions: Judas , Hezekiah , Samaria , Jerusalem .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (34 verses)
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria . And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth –... Mentions: Jehoshaphat , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Samaria , Ramoth 3 , Syria .
Amos • Chapter 6 (14 verses)
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion , and trust in the mountain of Samaria , which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh , and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better tha... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Joseph , Zion , Samaria , Calneh , Hamath , Gath .
Acts • Chapter 1 (26 verses)
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his pa... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet .
Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah
Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.
2 Chronicles • Chapter 25 (28 verses)
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. Now it came to pass, when the... Mentions: Amaziah , Moses , Judah , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem, Ephraim , Seir , Samaria , Lebanon .
1 Kings • Chapter 22 (53 verses)
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel . And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel . And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Jehoshaphat , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Syria , Ramoth 3 , Gilead , Samaria , Jerusalem .
Luke • Chapter 17 (37 verses)
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Noah , Lot , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Sodom .
1 Kings • Chapter 13 (34 verses)
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the h... Mentions: Judah , David , Josiah , Samaria .
Acts • Chapter 15 (41 verses)
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses , ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certa... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Simon , David , Jerusalem , Phoenicia , Samaria , Antioch 1 , Syria .
Isaiah • Chapter 8 (22 verses)
Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz. And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, a... Mentions: Zechariah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Damascus , Samaria , Assyria , Shiloah , Jerusalem .
2 Kings • Chapter 1 (18 verses)
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria , and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal –zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this diseas... Mentions: Moab , Jacob/Israel , Ahaziah , Baal , Jehoshaphat , Samaria , Ekron .
1 Kings • Chapter 21 (29 verses)
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel , hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria . And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my hous... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jezreel 2 , Samaria .
Hosea • Chapter 7 (16 verses)
When I would have healed Israel , then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria : for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Samaria , Egypt , Assyria .
Hosea • Chapter 8 (14 verses)
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue hi... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ephraim , Judah , Samaria , Assyria , Egypt .
1 Kings • Chapter 16 (34 verses)
Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel ; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger wit... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Asa , Judah , Zimri , Baal , Tirzah , Gibbethon , Samaria .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 28 (27 verses)
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father: For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel , and made also molten images for Baalim. Moreover he ... Mentions: Ahaz , David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zichri , Jerusalem , Syria , Damascus , Ephraim , Samaria .
2 Kings • Chapter 13 (25 verses)
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria , and reigned seventeen years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, whic... Mentions: Joash , Ahaziah , Judah , Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Samaria , Syria , Aphek 2 .
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
The First Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Judah , David , Mattathias , Simeon , Simon . Key places: Greece , Rome , Jerusalem , Egypt , Zimri , Samaria . Opens with: "AND it came to pass, after that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of ..."
2 Kings • Chapter 18 (37 verses)
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Abi, the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Ahaz , Judah , David , Jerusalem , Assyria , Gaza , Samaria , Halah .