SAMARIA
–1. City of, built by Omri 1Ki 16:24 .Capitol of the kingdom of the ten tribes 1Ki 16:29 ; 22:51 ; 2Ki 13:1 , 10 ; 15:8 .Besieged by Ben-hadad 1Ki 20 ; 2Ki 6:24-33 ; 7 .The king of Syria is led into, by Elisha, who miraculously blinds him and his army 2Ki 6:8-23 .Ahab ruled in .See AHAB .See JEZEBEL .Besieged by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, for three years; captured; the people carried away to Halah and Habor, cities of the Medes 2Ki 17:5 , 6 ; 18:9-11 .Idolatry of 1Ki 16:32 ; 2Ki 13:6 .Temple of, destroyed 2Ki 10:17-28 ; 23:19 .Paul and Barnabas preach in Ac 15:3 .Visited by Philip, Peter, and John Ac 8:5-25 –2. Country of Isa 7:9 .Foreign colonies distributed among the cities of, by the king of Assyria 2Ki 17:24-41 ; Ezr 4:9 , 10 .Roads through, from Judaea into Galilee Lu 17:11 ; Joh 4:3-8 .Jesus travels through Joh 4:1-42 .Jesus heals lepers in Lu 17:11-19 .The Good Samaritan from Lu 10:33-35 .No dealings between the Jews and the inhabitants of Joh 4:9 .Samaritans were expecting the Messiah Joh 4:25 .Disciples made from the inhabitants of Joh 4:39-42 ; Ac 8:5-8 , 14-17 , 25 .Jesus forbids the apostles to preach in the cities of Mt 10:5
SARCASM
–INSTANCES OF .Cain’ s self-justifying argument when God asked him where Abel was Ge 4:9 .Israelites reproaching Moses Ex 14:11 .God reproaching Israel Nu 11:20 ; Jud 10:14 .Balak reproaching Balaam Nu 24:11 .Joshua to the descendants of Joseph Jos 17:15 .By Jotham Jud 9:7-19 .By Samson Jud 14:18 .The men of Jabesh to Nahash 1Sa 11:10 .Eliab to David 1Sa 17:28 .Elijah to the priests of Baal 1Ki 18:27 .David’ s reply to Michal’ s irony 2Sa 6:21 .Ahab’ s reply to Ben-hadad 1Ki 20:11 .Jehoash to Amaziah 2Ki 14:9 , 10 ; 2Ch 25:18 , 19 .Rabshakeh to Hezekiah 2Ki 18:23 , 24 .Sanballat’ s address to the army of Samaria Ne 4:2 , 3 .Zophar to Job Job 11:12 .Job to Zophar Job 12:2 , 3 .Of Solomon Pr 26:16 .The persecutors of Jesus Mt 27:28 , 29 ; Lu 23:11 ; Joh 19:2 , 3 , 5 , 15 .Paul 1Ti 4:7 .Herod Agrippa II to Paul Ac 26:28 .See IRONY .See SATIRE
SEPHARVAIM
–An Assyrian city, from which the king of Assyria colonized Samaria 2Ki 17:24 , 31 ; 18:34 ; 19:13 ; Isa 36:19 ; 37:13
SHEMER
–Owner of the site upon which the city of Samaria was built 1Ki 16:24
SIEGE
–An offer of peace must be made to the city before beginning a De 20:10-12 –Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city De 20:19 , 20 ; Isa 29:3 ; 37:33 –Battering-rams used in .See BATTERING-RAMS –Distress of the inhabitants during a 2Ki 6:24-29 ; 25:3 ; Isa 9:20 ; 36:12 ; Jer 19:9 –Cannibalism during a 2Ki 6:28 , 29 –INSTANCES OF .Jericho Jos 6 .Rabbah 2Sa 11:1 .Abel 2Sa 20:15 .Gibbethon 1Ki 15:27 .Tirzah 1Ki 16:17 .Jerusalem .By the sons of Judah Jud 1:8 .By David 2Sa 5:6 , 9 .By Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel 2Ki 16:5 .By Nebuchadnezzar 2Ki 24:10 , 11 ; Da 1:1 ; 2Ki 25:1-3 ; Jer 52 .By Sennacherib 2Ch 32:1-23 .Samaria 1Ki 20:1 ; 2Ki 6:24 ; 17:5 ; 18:9-11
SUSANCHITES
–The inhabitants of Samaria Ezr 4:9 , 10
SYRIA
–(The highlands lying between the Euphrates River and the Mediterranean Sea) –Called ARAM, from the son of Shem Ge 10:22 , 23 ; Nu 23:7 ; 1Ch 1:17 ; 2:23 –During the time of Abraham it seems to have embraced the region between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River Ge 24:10 ; with 25:20 –Including Padan-aram Ge 25:20 ; 28:5 –Minor kingdoms within the region .Aram-zobah, also called, ZOBAH and ZOBA 1Sa 14:47 ; 2Sa 8:3 ; 10:6 , 8 ; 1Ki 11:23 ; 1Ch 18:5 , 9 ; 19:6 .And in the title of Ps 60 .Geshur 2Sa 15:8 .Aram-rehob, also called BETH-REHOB 2Sa 10:6 , 8 .Damascus 2Sa 8:5 , 6 ; 1Ch 18:5 , 6 .Hamath 2Sa 8:9 , 10 –Conquest of .By David 2Sa 8:3-13 .By Jeroboam 2Ki 14:25 , 28 .By Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria 2Ki 16:7-9 ; 18:33 , 34 –People of, colonized in Samaria by the king of Assyria 2Ki 17:24 –Confederates with Nebuchadnezzar 2Ki 24:2 ; Jer 39:5 –The Roman province of, included the land of Canaan Lu 2:2 , 3 –And it included Phoenicia Mr 7:26 ; Ac 21:3 –The fame of Jesus extended over Mt 4:24 –Paul goes to, with letters to apprehend the Christians; is converted and begins his evangelistic ministry Ac 9:1-31 –See PAUL –Paul preaches in Ac 15:41 ; 18:18 ; 21:3 ; Ga 1:21 –Damascus, the capitol of .See DAMASCUS –Wars between, and the kingdoms of Judah and Israel .See ISRAEL –Prophecies concerning Isa 7:8-16 ; 8:4-7 ; 17:1-3 ; Jer 1:15 ; 49:23-27 ; Am 1:3-5 ; Zec 9:1