Israel Tour 14 Samaria

Samaria is both a city and a region. Samaria was the capital for Ahab and Jezebel and almost  certainly where Elijah found Ahab before and after a three-year drought that crippled the  northern economy (1 Kings 17:1, 18:1-2). After the northern kingdom was exiled, non-Jews  populated the area. When the Persian king allowed Jews to return to their homeland, the center of  the land — with the city of Samaria at the heart — there was a mixture of religious and cultural  beliefs. By the time of the New Testament, when a strong Jewish population was again following biblical customs in Jerusalem, enmity built up between Jews and the “Samaritans.” Jesus  famously went through Samaria, where he met a Samaritan woman at a well. This video is one of  several that can provide an overview of Israel, and the Bible stories that happened in a particular region. For more videos like this one, search for “Israel Tour.”