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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 2 min. read • grade level: 12
The territory of Ephraim and Manasseh properly so called.
Josh. 17:17,18
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And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
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But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. (Joshua 17:17‑18)
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Isa. 28:1
1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! (Isaiah 28:1)
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The whole kingdom of Israel sometimes called.
Ezek. 16:46, 51
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And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. (Ezekiel 16:46)
51
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. (Ezekiel 16:51)
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Hos. 8:5, 6
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Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
6
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (Hosea 8:5‑6)
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Had many cities. 1 Kin. 13:32.
SAMARIA THE CAPITAL OF,
Built by Omri king of Israel. 1 Kin. 16:23, 24.
Called after Shemer the owner of
the hill on which it was built. 1 Kin. 16:24.
Called the mountain of Samaria.
Amos 4:1
1
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. (Amos 4:1)
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Amos 6:1
1
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! (Amos 6:1)
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Called the head of Ephraim.
Isa. 7:9
9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. (Isaiah 7:9)
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Kings of Israel sometimes took their titles from. 1 Kin. 21:1. 2 Kin. 1:3.
The residence of the kings of Israel. 1 Kin. 16:29. 2 Kin. 1:2. 2 Kin. 3:1, 6.
The burial place of the kings of Israel. 1 Kin. 16:28. 1 Kin. 22: 37, 2 Kin. 13:13.
Was a fenced city, and well provided with arms. 2 Kin. 10:2.
The pool of Samaria near to. 1 Kin. 22:38.
The prophet Elisha dwelt in. 2 Kin. 2:25. 2 Kin. 5:3. 2 Kin. 6: 32.
Besieged by Benhadad. 1 Kin. 20:1-12.
Deliverance of, predicted. 1 Kin. 20:13, 14.
Deliverance of, effected. 1 Kin. 20:15-21.
Besieged again by Benhadad. 2 Kin. 6:24.
Suffered severely from famine. 2 Kin. 6:25-29.
Elisha predicted plenty in. 2 Kin. 7:1, 2.
Delivered by miraculous means. 2 Kin. 7:6, 7.
Remarkable plenty in, as foretold by Elisha. 2 Kin. 7:16-20.
Besieged and taken by Shalmaneser. 2 Kin. 17:5, 6. 2 Kin. 18:9, 10.
A mountainous country.
Jer. 31:5
5
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. (Jeremiah 31:5)
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Amos 3:9
9
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. (Amos 3:9)
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PEOPLE OF, CHARACTERIZED AS
Proud and arrogant.
Isa. 9:9
9
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, (Isaiah 9:9)
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Corrupt and wicked.
Ezek. 16:46, 47
46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
47
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. (Ezekiel 16:46‑47)
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Hos. 7:1
1
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. (Hosea 7:1)
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Amos 3:9,10
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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
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For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. (Amos 3:9‑10)
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Idolatrous.
Ezek. 23:5
5
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors, (Ezekiel 23:5)
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Amos 8:14
14
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. (Amos 8:14)
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Mic. 1:7
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And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. (Micah 1:7)
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Predictions respecting its destruction.
Isa. 8:4
4
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. (Isaiah 8:4)
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Isa. 9:11,12
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Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. (Isaiah 9:11‑12)
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Hos. 13:16
16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. (Hosea 13:16)
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Amos 3:11,12
11
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12
Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. (Amos 3:11‑12)
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Mic. 1:6
6
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. (Micah 1:6)
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Inhabitants of, carried captive to Assyria. 2 Kin. 17:6, 23. 2 Kin. 18:11.
Repeopled from Assyria. 2 Kin. 17: 24, 25.
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