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Samaria, the second capital of Israel, was built by Omri (Ahab's father), on the hill of Shemer (a little N.W. of Shechem), and was the scene of many events of the monarchy. It was occupied by the Syrians (1 Kings xx. 34), taken (B.C. 720) by Assyrians, and rebuilt by Herod the Great.
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