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This video is commentary for the Satellite Bible Atlas, Map 1-7, Samaria

The region of Samaria is part of the Central Hill country, extending

Note the general location of Samaria on regional Map 12- The Samaria region was made up of

two tribal allotments, Ephraim in the south and Manasseh in the north, both sons of Joseph.

Samaria, or Shomron in Hebrew, means “to guard or guarded”

The region of Samaria takes its name from city of Samaria, labelled by a letter “S”

on this map. The city of Samaria was the third capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

It was built by the Baal worshiping kings Omri and Ahab.

Note that the term “Samaria” can have three different meanings. Samaria can refer

to the capital city of the region. Or geographically to the central Hill Country

region shaded yellow on this map, or, , politically to the entire Northern Kingdom

of Israel which came into being after the death of Solomon.

Note the geographical regions surrounding Samaria.

To the west is the Coastal, or Sharon Plain. To the north are

Mt. Carmel and the Jezreel Valley. To the east

is the deep Lower Jordan Valley, and to the south

are the Shephelah, Hill Country and Wilderness of Judah.

As mentioned, Samaria, like Judah, is Hill Country. However, Samaria, especially in the

north in Manasseh, has wider valleys and plains that make it more open, or accessible, than

Judah. Note a series of wide East to West running

valleys that form a convenient way to criss-cross through Samaria.

The route in these valleys is called the Trans-Samaria highway.

The Trans-Samaria highway connects the Mediterranean Sea and Coastal plain to the Jordan Valley

and Gilead. All the capital cities of the Northern Kingdom of Israel were along the

Trans-Samaria Highway. The first capital was at Shechem between

Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim. Tirzah was the second capital, and

finally Samaria was built on a hilltop with better access to the Coast.

Note some of the major features and sites of the Samaria region on Map 1-2.

Here is Bethel, where Jeroboam the first king of the North built a corrupt religious center.

To the north, in Ephraim is Shiloh where Joshua set up the

Tabernacle. Here is the Trans-Samaria Highway and the

is Dothan, where Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers.

The central Hill Country of Samaria is the focus of Map 1-7. On the southern part of

Soon after Abram came into the land, he worshipped the Lord on a

When Jacob fled from Esau to Aram, he stopped at Bethel and had a dream in which

he was re-assured that indeed the transcendent God does communicate with mankind on earth.

Bethel means “place or house of God”.

The city of Ai was the location of God’s second victory in the Promised Land

with Joshua and the Israelites. Israel failed to conquer Ai the first attempt because they

began to claim responsibility for their earlier victory at Jericho. But when Israel understood

that they were coming into the Promised Land by God’s power and not their own, Ai was

Map 1-9 shows the Bethel-Ai region in greater detail. Ai of Abraham’s

time is identified as the large Early Canaanite ruin called et-Tell. However, excavations

at et-Tell have apparently not uncovered any ruins dating to the conquest of Joshua. It

is possible that the name “Ai” shifted to a nearby hill-top

in Joshua’s day. Ruins dating to Joshua’s time have been excavated at Hirbet Maqatir.

Video: We found this collection of pottery inside a building. You can see a large storage

jar here and next to it is a bowl or perhaps a jug. Here we have a small dipper juglet,

and next to that is another vessel – it looks like a bowl or large jug. This is significant

to us because it allows us to date our fortress. This pottery is typical of the late Bronze

1 period, 15th Century BC around the time of Joshua.

Back on Map 1-7, follow the Road of the Patriarchs that goes

north from Bethel to Shechem. Just east of this road is Shiloh. At Shiloh in the

Hill Country of Ephraim the Tabernacle containing the Ark of the Covenant was set up.

Video: We’re here at Shiloh. When the Israelites conquered the land they came and Joshua set

up the tabernacle here. The place where those people are is the possible location of where

the tabernacle sat. This is also the location where Hannah dedicated her son Samuel and

Now let’s move north of Shiloh to the Trans-Samaria Highway. Remember the

Trans-Samaria Highway runs in a series of wide valleys that run through the heart of

Samaria. From Adam at the Jordan River the route

follows the Wadi Far’a to Tirzah, then goes

to Shechem. Shechem is connected to the Coastal plain in the

west through Shechem Valley, or Nahal Shechem. The

city of Samaria sits along this western part of the route.

This Google Earth photo shows the Shechem region looking west. Today the modern Arabic

town of Nablus is built over Shechem between Mt. Gerizim on the south (to the left) and

Mt. Ebal on the north. The Trans-Samaria Highway comes from the Mediterranean

Sea in the West straight up Nahal Shechem to the wide plains in the Shechem region.

At Shechem the Lord first said to Abram, “To your descendants I will give this land”.

With this promise to Abram, God put His name and reputation on the line in a practical,

(4x click, click click, click) facts-on-the-ground way. So, has God shown himself to be God?

The relationship of the descendants of Abram to this land at various times throughout history

is observable evidence that the God of the Bible is the One true God.

Video: We are standing at Mt. Gerizim. Below us is the town Shechem and to the North is

Mt. Ebal. When Abraham first came to the land, God promised at Shechem that Abraham’s descendents

would inherit the land. Hundreds of years later under the time of Joshua, Joshua and

the Israelites came into Shechem and testified that their God had fulfilled that promise.

Joshua had the Israelites stand on Mt. Gerizim and Ebal in a covenant confirmation ceremony

and in acknowledgment that indeed the God of Abraham made good on His promise.

Joshua built an altar on Mt. Ebal to worship the Lord. Archaeologists have discovered what

appears to be an altar complex on the north side of Mt. Ebal, however, the

structure apparently dates to the 1200s BC, which would put it in the period of the Judges.

Let’s go back to Map 1-7 to examine more closely the Wadi Far’a , which is eastern

section of the Trans-Samaria Highway, connecting Tirzah to Adam in the Jordan Valley and to

This is most likely the route that Jacob used when he journeyed from

Video: We’re standing in a valley that goes through Samaria and connects 2 cities: Sukkot

and Shechem. When Jacob returned from the land of Aramia (?) he traveled between those

The Shechem-Penuel connection via Wadi Far’a is

illustrated by the fact that the first King of the North during the divided monarchy,