Biblical city
Samaria
Sebastia, West Bank · Northern kingdom of Israel
Omri bought the hill of Samaria and made it the capital of the northern kingdom; Ahab and Jezebel ruled there, and Elijah and Elisha confronted its kings. Assyria captured the city in 722 BC. Herod later rebuilt it as Sebaste.
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