Street of Columns of Ancient Samaria
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "On a large isolated hill, rising by successive terraces, several hundred feet above the surrounding valley is the site of Samaris, the once celebrated capital of Israel.
According to 1 Kings 16:24, the city was built by Omri, a king of Israel, who bought a hill from a certain man named Shemer, on which he built a city and named it after the former possessor. The city was taken by Sargon in B.C. 772, after a siege of three years. In the time of the Maccabees it was again an important and fortified city. After a year's siege it was taken and totally destroyed by John Hyrcanos. Pompey restored it to its former inhabitants, and it was rebuilt by Gabinius. Augustus presented the city to Herod the Great, who adorned it with many splendid buildings, fountains, and colonnades such as the one in the picture, and strongly fortified it and called it Sabaste.
We are reminded that Samaria has a place in Bible history. Many of the wonderful events in the lives of Elijah and Elisha are connected with Samaria and her idolatrous and bloody rulers. Here Naaman, the Syrian leper, came to be healed (2 Kings 5) Philip the Evangelist preached here (Acts 8:5)."
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Item Number: P217:set 010 029
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Street of Columns of Ancient Samaria
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "On a large isolated hill, rising by successive terraces, several hundred feet above the surrounding valley is the site of Samaris, the once celebrated capital of Israel.
According to 1 Kings 16:24, the city was built by Omri, a king of Israel, who bought a hill from a certain man named Shemer, on which he built a city and named it after the former possessor. The city was taken by Sargon in B.C. 772, after a siege of three years. In the time of the Maccabees it was again an important and fortified city. After a year's siege it was taken and totally destroyed by John Hyrcanos. Pompey restored it to its former inhabitants, and it was rebuilt by Gabinius. Augustus presented the city to Herod the Great, who adorned it with many splendid buildings, fountains, and colonnades such as the one in the picture, and strongly fortified it and called it Sabaste.
We are reminded that Samaria has a place in Bible history. Many of the wonderful events in the lives of Elijah and Elisha are connected with Samaria and her idolatrous and bloody rulers. Here Naaman, the Syrian leper, came to be healed (2 Kings 5) Philip the Evangelist preached here (Acts 8:5)."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 010 029
You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here.
Want more? You can find more digital resources online.
We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the Special Collections & Archives website, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center for details.