SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Samaria

Samaria · today Sebastia

A region Jews and Samaritans had contested for centuries, and the first place the church spreads to after the persecution.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Σεβαστή Sebaste Greek
  • Samarna Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Sodom Sodom Sepharvaim Sepharvaim Samaria SAMARIA Jezreel Jezreel Hamath Hamath Gilead GILEAD Beyond the River BEYOND THE RIVER Bethel Bethel Assyria ASSYRIA Arpad Arpad Jerusalem Jerusalem Damascus Damascus Samaria Samaria 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JERUSALEM · ASSYRIA · DAMASCUS · JEZREEL 2 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Samaria.

Ruins at Samaria.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Jezreel 2 ABOUT 21 MI (34 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Damascus ABOUT 110 MI (170 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 8 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Hamath 1 ABOUT 220 MI (350 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 16 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Arpad ABOUT 310 MI (500 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 35 MI (56 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

ANOTHER PLACE CALLED SAMARIA

95 PASSAGES · 13 BOOKS

1 Kings 15
2 Kings 37
2 Chronicles 7
Ezra 2
Nehemiah 1
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 7
Hosea 5
Amos 6
Obadiah 1
Micah 3
Acts 1

COORDINATES 32.2761, 35.1950

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