![]() The city of Samaria gave its name to the mountains of Samaria, the central region of the Land of Israel, surrounding the city of Shechem. In earlier cuneiform inscriptions, Samaria is referred to as "Bet Ḥumri" ( "the house of Omri") but in those of Tiglath-Pileser III (ruled 745–727 BCE) and later it is called Samirin, after its Aramaic name, Shamerayin. The Bible derives the name from the individual (or clan) Shemer (Hebrew: שמר), from whom King Omri (ruled 880s–870s BCE) purchased the hill in order to build his new capital city ( 1 Kings 16:24). Samaria's biblical name, Šōmrōn (שֹׁמְרוֹן), means "watch" or "watchman" in Hebrew. ![]() The archeological site, subject to a shared Israeli–Palestinian control, is located on the hill's eastern slope. ![]() The ancient city's hill is where the modern Palestinian village of Sebastia, which retains its Roman name, is located. During the early Roman period, the city was expanded and fortified by Herod the Great, who renamed it " Sebastia" in honor of emperor Augustus. Towards the end of the 8th century BCE, possibly in 722 BCE, Samaria was captured by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and became an administrative center under Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian rule. Samaria ( Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן Ancient Greek: Σαμάρεια, Samareia Akkadian: □□□□ Samerina Arabic: السامرة, as-Samira) was a city in the historical region of Samaria that served as the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel during the 9th and 8th centuries BCE. Samaria (ancient city) (the West Bank) Show map of the West Bank
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