Where is Samaria in the Bible?
Samaria, the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel, was built by King Omri around 880 BC (1Ki. 16:24). Samaria appears in 99 verses across 15 books of the Bible.
What happened at Samaria?
Samaria, the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel, was built by King Omri around 880 BC (1Ki. 16:24). The city served as the royal residence and the center of political power for the northern kingdom until its fall to the Assyrians in 722 BC (2Ki. 17:5-6). After the Assyrian conquest, the region of Samaria was repopulated with people from various parts of the Assyrian Empire (2Ki. 17:24), who intermarried with the remaining Israelites and became known as Samaritans. The Samaritans developed their own religious practices, which combined elements of Israelite tradition with foreign customs (2Ki. 17:26-28). They worshipped at Mount Gerizim instead of Jerusalem (Jhn. 4:20) and accepted only the first five books of the Bible as authoritative. In the New Testament, Jesus encountered a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (Jhn. 4:7-26) and used a Samaritan as an example of compassion in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luk. 10:33). The early church spread to Samaria through the ministry of Philip (Act.8.5-25), and the apostles Peter and John later visited the region (Act.8.14-17). Throughout the Bible, Samaria and the Samaritans are often portrayed as being in tension with the Jews due to religious and cultural differences (Jhn. 4:9; 8:48). However, Jesus and the early church demonstrated that the gospel was meant for all people, including the Samaritans.
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Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Samaria appear in the Bible?
Samaria is referenced in 99 verses across 15 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Kings 13:32
- 1 Kings 16:24
- 1 Kings 16:28
- 1 Kings 16:32
- 1 Kings 18:2
- 1 Kings 20:1
- 1 Kings 20:10
- 1 Kings 20:17
- 1 Kings 20:34
- 1 Kings 20:43
- 1 Kings 21:18
- 1 Kings 22:10
- 1 Kings 22:37
- 1 Kings 22:38
- 2 Chronicles 18:2
- 2 Chronicles 18:9
- 2 Chronicles 22:9
- 2 Chronicles 25:13
- 2 Chronicles 25:24
- 2 Chronicles 28:8
- 2 Chronicles 28:9
- 2 Chronicles 28:15
- 2 Kings 1:2
- 2 Kings 1:3
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Open all 99 references in ProtosWhat else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Samaria.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Samaria?
Samaria appears in 99 verses across 15 books, most often in 2 Kings, which accounts for 36 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Samaria?
2 Kings, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Acts, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah, and 7 more.
Where can I read every verse about Samaria?
This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 99, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
